-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1648 OF 2008 Ashok Raghoba Ambre ...Petitioner versus Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and others ... Respondents Mr. N.M. Ganguli, instructed by Mr. Jaiprakash Sawant, for the petitioner. Mr. M.D. Siodia, instructed by M/s. Rustamji & Ginwala, for respondent Nos. 1 and 2. CORAM: P.B. MAJMUDAR & A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2008. P.C. By filing this petition, the petitioner has prayed that the impugned order dated 31st May, 2008 passed by the respondents may be set aside and the petitioner may be reinstated in service with full back wages and consequential benefits. 2. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner would like to raise an appropriate industrial dispute under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Since the learned counsel for the petitioner wants to approach the authority under the Industrial Disputes Act, we refrain from saying anything on the merits of the case. However, considering the facts that the petitioner is going to be -2- superannuated within a period of two years, we direct that if the petitioner approaches the Conciliation Officer, he may submit his Failure Report within a period of four weeks from receiving application from the petitioner and the Appropriate Government after receiving such failure report from the Conciliation Officer may refer the dispute to the appropriate Court within a period of six weeks from receipt of such failure report from the Conciliation officer. In case the dispute is referred to the appropriate Court to whom it is referred may try to adjudicate the dispute within a period of six months from the date of reference. Since it is a matter regarding individual termination, the petitioner can certainly apply directly under the Industrial Disputes Act without the intervention of the trade union. Subject to what is stated above, the petition is disposed of. P. B. MAJMUDAR, J. A.A. SAYED, J.