THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO. 36495 OF 1998 Date: 13.02.2008 Between: The Depot Manger, A.P.S.R.T.C., Narayankhed Depot, Narayankhed, Medak District. …. Petitioner and The Presiding Officer, Labour Court-II, Hyderabad. … Respondent THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO. 36495 OF 1998 ORDER: This writ petition is filed against the award of the Labour Court II, Hyderabad in I.D. No. 57 of 1996 dated 03.07.1997. The first respondent herein is the workman who invoked the jurisdiction of the Labour Court under Section 2-A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act pursuant to which the award impugned in this writ petition was passed. This Court by order dated 04.04.2003, dismissed the writ petition for default as against the first respondent. Since the second respondent i.e., the Presiding Officer, Labour Court is only a proforma party, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed against the second respondent also. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. _______________________________ Date: 13.02.2008 RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J MRKR