Petitioner Respondents (^ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH; BILASPUR Writ Petiti6n(S) No. 2721 of 1993 J.P. Verma, S/o. Abhayram Verma, aged about 40 years, r/o. village Belodi, P.0. Marra Dist. Durg (MP). Versus 1-A Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board, through the Divisional/Executive Engineer, O & M Division No.1, Padmanabhpur, PO Durg (CG). 2) Industrial Court of M.P., Raipur (MP). 3) Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Durg (MP). (Writ Petition underArticle 226/227 ofthe Constitution of India) SB: Hon'ble Nlr. Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present: Shri Sameer Behar, counsel for the petitioner. None for the respondents. ORAL ORDER (Passed on 2nd day of May, 2008) Despite notice, none appeared for the respondents on the earlier occasions on several dates. 2) Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner does not want to contest this petition on merit, however, the petitioner seeks a direction that the pending appeal dated 29-6-1980 (Annexure P/1) filed before the authority, be considered and decided, in accordance with law, because the same has not been done, till date. 3) Since the respondents have chosen not to appear before the Court despite service of notice and the prayer of the petitioner is also confined to the consideration and decision ofthe pending appeal dated 29-6-1980 (Annexure P/1), it is expedient to direct the respondents to consider and decide the aforesaid pending appeal filed by the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible. The matter has been pending in the Court since 1999;-.4hus, the needful be done within a period ofthree rnonths from the date of receipt a copy ofthis order. x . . „__. ''? -^. 1^1 M aSpnf usoqiagy -^ qsiiBg nfi'y -/'P8 ? -jo pssodsip si uoitiisd S!LJ} 'uoiiosjip SAOqe sq} L|}!M (S i. •qiiMqyoj 'siuapuodsej 84) O) JSpJO 9L|) p AdOO B pUSS 0} pStOSJIp si }jnoo sitjt p AjisjBay (t7 h5 ,«:eE?s