-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.7166 OF 2007 Shri Shankar S. Deokate : Petitioner V/s. Regional Labour Commissioner (C), Pune & Ors. : Respondents ... Mr.P.P.Killedar for the petitioner. Mr.N.R.Prajapati for respondent no.2. ... CORAM : S.B.MHASE & A.A.KUMBHAKONI,JJ. DATE : JUNE 05, 2008. P.C. Heard. 2. The petitioner was working as a Branch Post Master. An amount of Rs.10,000/- was given to him for investing it in the Post Office. However, the said amount was misappropriated by the petitioner and, therefore, a departmental inquiry was conducted in which he was found guilty. His services have been consequently terminated. Thereafter, he approached the Regional Labour Commissioner(C), Pune, who found that the petitioner is not a workman and, therefore, the Commissioner refused to -: 2 :- take up the matter in conciliation. The Labour Commissioner advised the petitioner to take up the matter at the appropriate level. 3. We find that the Labour Commissioner is right in holding that the petitioner is not a workman and the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act cannot be applied to his case. No interference by this Court is called for in the impugned order. 4. The Writ Petition is dismissed. (A.A. KUMBHAKONI, J.) (S.B. MHASE, J.)