1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 1741 OF 2010 (The Director of Economics and Statistics M.S. and Anr. vs. Anant R. Bonde) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI, J. APRIL 15, 2010. Heard Shri Mujumdar, learned AGP for the petitioners and Shri Saboo, learned counsel for the respondent. Shri Saboo, learned counsel points out that the impugned order of Industrial Court is dated 30.04.2009. I find that by said order, the Industrial Court has stayed transfer order dated 13.02.2009. However, the learned AGP states that the petitioners before this Court are not industry as defined in Section 2(j) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and the respondent is not a workman as contemplated by Section 2(s) thereof. The learned AGP points out that the respondent is carrying out research operations and the learned Member of Industrial Court has not considered these facts which go to the root of the matter and postponed this consideration to the consideration of the other issue at the trial. Though there is substance in the submissions of learned AGP, I find that the period of one 2 year has expired after the issuance of transfer order and period of one year is to expire after the impugned order of Industrial Court. As the matter pertains to transfer order and this Court has not stayed proceedings, in this situation, the Industrial Court at Amravati ought to have decided the Complaint ULP itself on merits. If it is still pending and not so far decided, the proceedings in Complaint (ULP) No. 19 of 2009 are expedited and Industrial Court is directed to decide the complaint along with preliminary objections raised therein by the petitioners as early as possible and in any case within a period of three months from the date of communication of this order to it. With these directions and keeping all contentions open, writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. The parties to appear before the Industrial Court, Amravati, on 14th May 2010 and to abide by its further directions in the matter. JUDGE *GS.