IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE : L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23339 of 2007 Between: Immula Sadanandam, S/o.Rayamallu, Village Mutharam, Mandal Mutharam, Dist Karimnagar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.Chief General Manager, Singareni Collieries, Ramagundam Area-I, Khammam District. 2.Managing Director, Singareni Collery Company Ltd. Kothagudem, District Khammam. 3.The Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar, rep. by its Chairman. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the 3rd respondent in returning the case bundle for non-compliance of the objection which are to be decided after full fledged enquiry, as illegal, arbitrary and against the object of Industrial Dispute Act of 1947 and consequently to direct the 3rd respondent to receive and number the I.D.S.R.No.173 of 2007 dt. 15.2.2007 to facilitate the disposal of the dispute on merits in the interest of justice. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri B. Sudhakar Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioner, Sri N. Krishna Rao, Advocate/Standing Counsel for the Respondents 1 and 2 and the Govt. Pleader for Labour for Respondent No.3, the Court made the following; ORDER : “Learned Presiding Officer of the Labour Court had since submitted his report. Perused the same. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for Singareni Collieries and learned Government Pleader for Labour. The industrial disputes are raised by the aggrieved employees and if the Labour Court, which is exclusively constituted to deal with the cases of that nature, takes a hyper technical view on every minute aspect, the very purpose of constituting the same would be defeated. -2- A perusal of the type of objections raised by the Labour Court, in the instant case, discloses that every possible effort was made to deny access to the aggrieved party to the Court. If what is stated by the petitioner is true, it is a sad reflection on the functioning of the Court. It is complained that having been disgusted with the indifferent attitude exhibited by the Office of the Labosur Court at Godavari khani, many parties are approaching the Labour Courts in other places, particularly at Hyderabad. To get to the correct facts, this Court is of the view that verification of statistics for one year would be of some use. Hence, the Presiding Officer of the Labour Court, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District, is directed to furnish particulars of presentation of cases before it and those numbered between 01.01.2007 and 31.12.2007, within ten (10) days from today. The Office shall dispatch the order forthwith. Post the matter on 14.03.2008 in the ‘Motion List’. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1.The Presiding Officer of the Labour Court, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District. (SL.NO.1 BY SPEED POST) 2.The Chief General Manager, Singareni Collieries, Ramagundam Area-I, Khammam District. 3.The Managing Director, Singareni Collery Company Ltd. Kothagudem, District Khammam. 4.The Chairman, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar. 5.One CC to Sri B. Sudhakar Reddy, Advocate. (OPUC) 6.One CC to Sri N. Krishna Rao, Advocate. (OPUC) 7.Two CCs to the Govt. Pleader for Labour, High Court Bldgs., Hyderabad.(OUT) 8.One spare copy. H.A. DRAFTED BY : H.A. DATED : 04.03.08 APPROVED BY : COURT LNRJ DATED: 04-03-2008 NOTE : POST THE MATTER ON 14.03.08 IN THE MOTION LIST. ORDER : WP NO.23339/07 DIRECTION