1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.800 OF 1996 The Petroleum Employees Union ....Petitioner Versus Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. & Ors. ....Respondents Ms.Ranjana Todankar i/b Mr.S. S. Pakale for the Petitioner. Mr.Sandesh Shetty i/b Crawford Bayley & Co. for Respondent No.1. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.615 OF 2000 RCF Employees Union ....Petitioner Versus Government of India & Ors. ....Respondents Ms.Ranjana Todankar i/b Mr.S. S. Pakale for the Petitioner. Mr.Sandesh Shetty i/b Crawford Bayley & Co. for Respondent No.1. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.509 OF 2001 ONGC General Kamgar Sanghatana ....Petitioner Versus Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. ....Respondents Mr.K. P. Anilkumar for the Petitioner. Ms.Usha Singh i/b M/s.Vyas & Bhalwal for Respondent No.1. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.513 OF 2001 ONGC General Kamgar Sanghatana ....Petitioner Versus Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. ....Respondents 2 Mr.K. P. Anilkumar for the Petitioner. Ms.Usha Singh i/b M/s.Vyas & Bhalwal for Respondent No.1. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.767 OF 2001 General Employees Association ....Petitioner Versus Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. & Ors. ....Respondents Ms.Ranjana Todankar i/b Mr.S. S. Pakale for the Petitioner. Mr.M. D. Siodia i/b Rustamji & Ginwala for the Respondent. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.953 OF 2001 Mumbai Port Trust Dock and General Workers Union & Anr. ....Petitioners Versus The Board of Trustees of Port of Mumbai & Ors. ....Respondents Ms.Ranjana Todankar i/b Mr.S. S. Pakale for the Petitioner. None for the Respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1342 OF 2001 All India Port & Dock Workers Federation (Workers) & Anr. ....Petitioners Versus Board of Trustees of the Port of Mumbai & Ors. ....Respondents Mr.Sanjay Udeshi for the Petitioners. None for the Respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.441 OF 2002 3 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. & Anr. ....Petitioners Versus Bharat Petroleum Corpn. Employee's Union & Ors. .... Respondents None for the Petitioners. Mr.N. M. Ganguli for the Respondents. CORAM : DALVEER BHANDARI, C.J. & S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATE : 23RD SEPTEMBER, 2005. P.C. : The learned counsel for the Petitioners submit that the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-Cum-Labour Court has not been functioning for more than one year. In this view of the matter, the order of this Court to decide the references within twelve months could not be carried on. 2. In the facts and circumstances of the case, we deem it appropriate to grant time to the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-Cum-Labour Court to decide the references on or before 31st March, 2006. CHIEF JUSTICE S.J. VAZIFDAR, J.