Writ Petition No.06/2011 24.10.2011 Shri G.S. Patwardhan, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri Umesh Gajankush, learned counsel for the respondent. Heard. Feeling aggrieved by the part of the order dated 02.12.2010 passed by the Labour Court, Pithampur in Case No.13/IDR/07, whereby the petitioner's application to call for the records from the Departments of ESI and PF in respect of the employment of the respondent/workman has been rejected, the petitioner/employer has filed this petition. The Labour Court has rejected the said application observing that the petitioner can apply for certified copy of the documents and then can produce it before the Court. We find that the petitioner had applied for issuance of certified copy of the said documents from the aforesaid departments, but the said departments rejected the petitioner's application, stating that if the Court directs then the said documents shall be produced before the Court. Having regard to the aforesaid fact that the petitioner though applied but was not granted the certified copies for the reasons stated, in our considered view, for just and fair adjudication of the dispute involved in the matter, the Labour Court should have allowed the petitioner's application and should have summoned the record from the said 2 departments in respect of the employment of the respondent/workman. Having not done so, in our view, the Labour Court has not exercised jurisdiction vested in it by law and thereby committed error apparently on the face of record. Accordingly, we quash the said part of the order of the Labour Court and direct the Labour Court to summon the relevant record from the said departments. The petition stands allowed to the extent indicated above. C. c. within three days. (Shantanu Kemkar) (Prakash Shrivastava) Judge Judge rcp