CWP No.15433 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No.15433 of 2009 Date of decision October 7, 2009 M/s Shiva Enterprises, Amritsar ....... Petitioner Versus Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Amritsar and another ........ Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Vikas Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. **** 1. Whether reporters of local newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? No **** K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. The writ petitioner makes a grievance that the Government has not notified the particular Presiding Officer with powers to act as a Presiding Officer of the Labour Court . The application filed by him to set aside the ex-parte award has been returned to him on account of the above said deficiency. He seeks for issuance of a writ of certiorari to quash the impugned ex-parte award passed on 5.3.2009. According to him he has moved an application within 30 days. If his grievance is only that by the return of his application he was not able to avail of remedy to seek an adjudication about whether there was a justifiable cause for absence and whether the ex-parte award would require to set aside, then it will suffice to CWP No.15433 of 2009 2 give a direction to the Labour Court at Amritsar to receive the application which had already been filed and which is said to have been returned. The appropriate orders will follow from the Labour Court after the due notification is made. There is no warrant to quash the ex-parte award passed already by the Court and it shall not be possible for this Court for passing such an order. The alternative prayer for issue of directions to the Government is also equally without merit and therefore rejected. 2. The writ petition is disposed of in the above terms. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE October 7, 2009 archana