1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 1494/2006 Chief Executive Officer, Z. P. Washim and Ors. ..vs.. Akola District B & C. Zilla Parishad, P. W. D. Karmachari Sangh and others ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders and Registrar's order ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM:- R. V. MORE, J. DATED :- 28 th January, 2008. 1. Heard Mr. Mishra, Advocate for the petitioner, Mr. Lambat, Advocate for respondent Nos. 1 and 2 and Mr. Patel, A.G.P. for respondent Nos. 3 to 5. 2. The respondent-Union filed complaint being Complaint ULP No. 433/1994 before the Labour Court at Akola challenging termination of their members-employees listed in the Schedule attached to the complaint. The leaned Judge, Labour Court, Akola by order dated 27.11.2003 was pleased to allow the same and directed the petitioner reinstate the members of respondent Union-Complainant on their usual posts on usual terms and conditions with continuity of service. 2 3. This order of the Labour Court came to be challenged by the petitioner by filing Revision (ULP) No. 10/2004 before Industrial Court, Akola. The petitioner also filed application below Exh.-C-2 for stay to the above said order. This application came to be rejected by order dated 12.03.2004 and, thereafter, the petitioner was constrained to file the present writ petition before this Court. The present writ petition was placed for orders on 13.09.2006. The notices were issued to the respondents and in the meanwhile status quo was granted. There is no dispute that the status quo granted by this Court on 13.09.2006 is still in operation. 4. Mr. Mishra and Mr. Lambat, learned counsel for the respective parties agree that the petition can be disposed of by directing the Industrial Court to dispose of the petitioners' aforesaid revision expeditiously and in the meanwhile keeping the status quo order granted already by this Court in operation. 5. In this view of the matter, I dispose of the petition by passing the following order. (i) The Industrial Court, Maharashtra, Akola Bench Akola 3 is directed to hear and dispose of the petitioner's revision ULP No. 10/2004 as expeditiously as possible and in any event within a period of four months from the date of receipt of this order. (ii) Status quo order granted by this Court on 13.09.2006 shall remain operative till the disposal of the aforesaid revision. The Industrial Court shall decide the petitioners' revision independently and without being influenced by order impugned in the present petition. (iii) Mr. Lambat, learned counsel for the respondents- Union state that the respondents want to file cross-revision before the Industrial Court. If the respondents are otherwise entitled to file Cross-revision, in that case they may do so. (iv) The writ petition stands disposed of with no order as to costs. JUDGE kahale