IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24654 of 2008 Between: Orient Cements Workers Union (Regd. No.E-280) Devapur, Kasipet Mandal, Adilabad District, rep. by its President P.Vengal Rao S/o.P.Mutyam Rao R/o. Mutyampally Village, Kasipet Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Commissioner of Labour, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2.The Verification Officer/Returning Officer & Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Adilabad. 3.Joint Commissioner of Labour, Andhra Pradesh, Warangal. 4.The Employees Union of Orient Cements (Regd. No. E-1234), Devapur, Adilabad District, rep. by its President. 5.Orient Cements Mazdoor Sangh Regd. No. E-1234, Devapur, Adilabad District, rep. by its President. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any appropriate writ, order or direction preferably a writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the oﬃcial respondents in announcing the results of the elections conducted on 5.11.2008 for determining the majority union in M/s. Orient Cement, Devapur, Adilabad without considering and disposing of the representation of the petitioner union dt. 7.11.2008 as being illegal, arbitrary, contrary to principles of natural justice and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the oﬃcial respondents not to announce the results of the said elections without disposing of the representation of the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.KARUNA SAGAR Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP FOR LABOUR The Court made the following ORDER: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No.24654 of 2008 Order: This writ petition is ﬁled by Orient Cements Workers Union seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of respondents 1 to 3 in announcing the results of the elections conducted on 05.11.2008 for determining the majority union in M/s.Orient Cement, Devapur, Adilabad, without considering and disposing of the representation of the petitioner-Union, dated 07.11.2008, as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the principles of natural justice and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, and consequently seeking a direction to respondents 1 to 3 not to announce the results of the said elections without disposing of the representation of the petitioner. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner-Union and the learned Government Pleader for Labour appearing for respondents 1 to 3. The petitioner is stated to have made representation to the second respondent, the Veriﬁcation Oﬃcer/Returning Oﬃcer & Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Adilabad, very recently, i.e., on 07.11.2008. Without even giving time for the second respondent to consider the said representation, the petitioner has approached this Court and ﬁled the present writ petition on the very same day. As on today, there is no material to show that the representation made by the petitioner-Union before the second respondent is not going to be considered, and it is premature to say at this stage that the second respondent would not consider the representation of the petitioner-Union. In the circumstances, no relief as sought for by the petitioner- Union in this writ petition can be granted. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed, at the admission stage. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date:11.11.2008 VGB