CWP 13613/08 1 In the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan Jaipur Bench, Jaipur. ** Civil Writ Petition No. 13613/08 Nanak Vs. Ranger, Forest Department & ors.. Date of Order ::: 15/10/09 Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi Mr. Anil Upman, for petitioner Dr. MS Kachhawa, Add.Govt. Counsel, for respondents. Instant petition has been filed by the petitioner workman assailing the award of the Labour Court dated 01/10/2005 whereby the learned Labour Court, while holding that the Department of Forest is not an industry, rejected the claim of the petitioner. Counsel for petitioner submits that the identical issue has been decided by this Court in the judgment reported in WLC 2007(6)(Raj) Page 681 , Rameshwar Dayal Vs. Judge, Labour Court, Bharatpur. Counsel for respondents submits that the issue as to whether the Department of Forest is an industry or not is also pending before the Hon'ble Apex Court but it has not been controverted that this Court has finally decided the issue raised in the instant petition in the judgment referred to (supra). Accordingly, the writ petition stands allowed. The award impugned dt. 01/10/2005 is hereby quashed and set aside and the matter is remanded back to the Labour Court, Bharatpur for CWP 13613/08 2 adjudication of the matter on merits. Parties are directed to appear before the Labour Court, Bharatpur on 23/11/2009. Since it is an old matter, it is expected from the learned Presiding Officer to decide the matter expeditiously. (Ajay Rastogi), J. Raghu/13613-CW-2008-final.doc CWP 13613/08 3