WP/1477/1996 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1477 OF 1996 The Chief Executive (Administration), Maharashtra State Farming Corpn. Ltd., Pune ... Petitioner V/s. R.U. Ingule, Member, Industrial Court, Solapur & Anr. ... Respondents Mr. Prabhakar Jadhav i/b. Mr. V.P. Sawant and Mr. P.H. Purav for the Petitioner. Mr. D.B. Lonkar for Respondent No.2. CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE : 24 TH JANUARY, 2011. P.C. : 1. The Writ Petition has been preferred against the order passed by the Industrial Court, Solapur on 23rd November, 1995 in Complaint (ULP) No.82 of 1994. The complaint was filed under Items 9 and 10 of Schedule IV of the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971, (for short “the MRTU & PULP Act”). 2. The Industrial Court has held that the charge sheets issued on 23rd March, 1994 and 5th May, 1994 and the consequential departmental enquiry were illegal. A declaration has also been issued that the petitioner has committed unfair labour practices under Items 9 and 10 of Schedule IV of the MRTU & PULP Act. WP/1477/1996 2 2. Being aggrieved by this order, the present Writ Petition has been preferred. The Petition was admitted on 2nd July, 1996. However, no interim relief was granted. The respondent No.2 was reinstated on 30th September, 1996. 3. The petitioner then filed Letters Patent Appeal No.183 of 1996. The parties agreed that without prejudice to their rights and contentions, the order of punishment should be kept in abeyance till the present Petition is heard finally. 4. The respondent No.2-workman has resigned on 1st January, 1998. The Petition has thus become infructuous and is therefore dismissed. 5. Rule discharged.