IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 9772 of 2008 Between: M/s. PSL Limited, a registered Company under the Provisions of the Companies Act, rep. by its General Manager, (Administration) Tirumala Srinivasa Chary, S/o. Late Narasimhachary, aged about 68 years, No.207, IDA, Gurrampalem, Pendurthi, Visakhapatnam 531173. ..... PETITIONER AND The Deputy Registrar of Trade Unions, Under the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Upstair of Andhra Bank Building, Akkayyapalem, Visakhapatnam-16. .....RESPONDENT 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 by issuing a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the respondent to consider the objections of the petitioner in its letter dated 23.03.2008 and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law in the interest of justice, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.G.RAMA GOPAL Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR LABOUR The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner is a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act and engaged in the business of manufacturing spirally welded steel pipes and providing various anti corrosive coatings. The grievance of the petitioner is that some persons who are not its employees made a request for registration of a trade union in the name of the company and, therefore, it made a representation on 23.3.2008 to the respondent herein along with the list of staff and workers on the rolls of the company and requested him to consider its objections before proceeding to register the trade union in the name of the company but so far no orders are passed on the said representation. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Labour and since the only request made by the petitioner is consideration of its representation before registration of the trade union, it is agreed by both the learned counsel to dispose of the writ petition with the following direction. The respondent is directed to consider and dispose of the representation of the petitioner dated 23.3.2008, if not already disposed of, after giving reasonable opportunity to the affected parties. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.30.4.2008 msv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Deputy Registrar of Trade Unions, Under the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Upstair of Andhra Bank Building, Akkayyapalem, Visakhapatnam-16. 2 2CCs to Govt.Pleader for Labour, High Court of A.P Hyd (OUT) 3 2CD copies