1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICITON LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO.219 OF 2007 IN WRIT PETITION NO.3840 OF 2007 Sainik Sahakari Bank Limited & Another .. Appellants. Versus Shri.Dhanaji Maruti Ghorpade & Ors... Respondents. Mr.S.S. Pakale for the appellants. Mr.A.D. Nimbalkar for respondent No.1. CORAM : SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. & CORAM : SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. & CORAM : SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. & J.P. DEVADHAR, J. J.P. DEVADHAR, J. J.P. DEVADHAR, J. DATED : 15th January, 2008 DATED : 15th January, 2008 DATED : 15th January, 2008 P.C. : 1. By an order dated 7th April, 2007, the Industrial Court, Satara directed the Appellants to pay compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- to the workman and thus declined reinstatement. Both the workman as well as the management feeling aggrieved from the order of the Industrial Court, filed Writ Petition being Writ Petition No.3840 of 2007 and Civil Writ Petition No.5769 of 2007 respectively. The learned Single Judge by order dated 27-8-2007 issued rule in both the writ petitions and further passed an interim order to the effect that the management should deposit a sum of Rs.5,00,000/- and the workman would be permitted to withdraw a sum of 2 Rs.1,75,000/- unconditionally and that the balance amount can be withdrawn by the workman upon furnishing security and if no security is furnished and the remaining amount is not withdrawn, same was ordered to be invested in a nationalised bank. The management has impugned the order dated 27-8-2007 in the present appeal, wherein they contended that there is no basis for fixation of Rs.5,00,000/- as compensation and in any case for its payment to the workman by an interim order. Reliance is placed on the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of O.P. Bhandari V/s. Indian Tourism Development Corporation Limited and others reported in 1986-(SC2)-GJX-0350-SC. 2. Having heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties and without going into the merits of the contentions raised in regard to the validity or otherwise of the Award of the Industrial Court, ends of justice would be met if the amount of Rs.1,75,000/- is deposited and is paid to the workman in terms of the order of the learned Single Judge dated 27-8-2007. Since the workman has also raised dispute with regard to correctness of the order of the Industrial Court, we direct that the management shall create a Fixed Deposit receipt in its own account for the balance amount of Rs.3,25,000/- which shall carry interest and whether 3 the workman is entitled to that amount or not would be decided by the learned single Judge at the time of disposing of the writ petition. 3. The appeal is accordingly disposed of leaving the parties to bear their own costs. CHIEF JUSTICE J.P. DEVADHAR, J.