THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO.19435 OF 1998 DATED: 21-06-2007 Between: The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Pargi Depot, Ranga Reddy District. .. Petitioner and T h e Labour Court-III, Hyderabad and another. .. Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO.19435 OF 1998 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a certiorari to call for the records relating to the award, dated 25.04.1997, made in I.D.No.203 of 1994, on the file of the 1st respondent and quash the same as arbitrary and illegal. Under the impugned award, the claim petition filed by the 2nd respondent under Section 2-A (2) of the Industrial Disputes Act was answered in his favour directing the petitioner-management to reinstate the 2nd respondent-workman into service with continuity of service and all attendant benefits, but without backwages. There is no necessity of going into all the details. The writ petition against the 2nd respondent-workman was already dismissed for default, vide Court order dated 04.04.2003. As such, any adjudication made in the absence of the 2nd respondent would be a futile exercise. Therefore, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. ____​__________ C.V. RAMULU, J 21st June, 2007. IBL