Court No.2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No.401 of 2002 (Old No.21172of 1998) Cantonment Board,Ranikhet, District Almora through its Executive Officer. ……..….. Petitioner Versus Assistant Labour commissioner (Central) Dehradun Camp at Ranikhet/ Prescribed Authority under payment of Wages Act, 1936 and another. ……. ….. Respondents WITH Writ Petition (M/S) No.1235 of 2004 Chungi Karmachari Union, Cantonment Board, Ranikhet, District-Almora through its President, Shankar Datt Upadhyay. ……..….. Petitioner Versus Presiding Officer, Central Government Industrial Tribunal/Labour Court and another. ……..….. Respondents ……………….. Sri Vipul Sharma, learned counsel on behalf of the petitioner- Cantonment Board, Ranikhet. Sri Sharad Sharma, Sri Rajeev Singh Bisht, Sri D.Barthwal, learned counsel for the respondent-Chungi Karmachari Union. Date: July 31,2008. Hon’ble P.C.Verma,J. Writ Petition (M/S) No.21172 of 1998 has been filed by the petitioner/Cantonment Board Ranikhet 2 seeking writ of certiorari quashing the order dated 23.04.1998 passed by respondent No.1/Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central) Dehradun Camp at Ranikhet, contained in Annexure No.8 to the writ petition. 2. Writ Petition (M/S) No.1235 of 2004 has been filed by Chungi Karmachari Union,Cantonment Board, Ranikhet seeking writ of certiorari quashing the order dated 13.11.2002 passed by Presiding Officer/Central Government Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Lucknow, contained in Annexure No.1 to the writ petition by which the reference was decided against the workmen. 3. Since the facts and issue involved in these writ petitions are common, hence they are being taken up together for order. 4. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. After the writ petitions were filed, the second reference was made by Central Government, vide No.L-13012/2/2003- IR (DU) Government of India/Bharat Sarkar, Ministry of Labour/Shram Mantralaya, New Delhi, dated 08.09.2005. Since the second reference was made after rejecting the first reference, therefore, the first reference stands superseded by the second reference. Therefore, the Central Govt. Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court is directed to decide the second reference dated 08.09.2005 within a period of six months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. 5. Both these writ petitions are disposed of accordingly. (P.C.Verma,J.) 31.07.2008 P.Singh