CWP No. 5777 of 2009 1 CWP No. 5785 of 2009 CWP No. 5792 of 2009 CWP No. 5796 of 2009 CWP No. 5798 of 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No. 5777 of 2009 Date of decision October 27, 2009 Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh. ....... Petitioner Versus Sandeep Masih and others. ........ Respondents CWP No. 5785 of 2009 Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh. ....... Petitioner Versus Yogesh Puri and others. ........ Respondents CWP No. 5792 of 2009 Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh. ....... Petitioner Versus Vivek Sharma and others. ........ Respondents CWP No. 5796 of 2009 Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh. ....... Petitioner Versus Kamalpreet Singh and others. ........ Respondents CWP No. 5777 of 2009 2 CWP No. 5785 of 2009 CWP No. 5792 of 2009 CWP No. 5796 of 2009 CWP No. 5798 of 2009 CWP No. 5798 of 2009 Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh. ....... Petitioner Versus Sudhir Saini and others. ........ Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Vinod S. Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. None for the respondents. **** 1. Whether reporters of local newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? **** K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. In challenge before this Court is the order passed by the Labour Court in terms of which the defence was struck off for the failure of writ petitioners to file statement on the day when it was posted. The contention on behalf of the petitioners is that the statement had been made ready but could not be approved by the competent authority and hence it could not be filed. Though the decision to allow for time is essentially a matter of discretion, in the interest of justice the petitioner shall be granted an opportunity to enter the defence on condition that the petitioner pays Rs.1,000/- as costs in each of the cases to respondent Nos. 1 and 2 on or before 30.11.2009 failing which the order passed already by CWP No. 5777 of 2009 3 CWP No. 5785 of 2009 CWP No. 5792 of 2009 CWP No. 5796 of 2009 CWP No. 5798 of 2009 the Labour Court shall stand confirmed. On receipt of the statement and on payment of costs as directed, the Labour Court shall endeavour to conclude the trial as expeditiously as possible. 2. Parties shall appear before the Labour Court on 2.12.2009. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE October 27, 2009 archana