THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P.NO.1668 OF 2002 O R D E R Aggrieved by the order dated 14.7.1999 passed by the Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Visakhapatnam in I.T.I.D.No.31/1998, in passing nil award, the present writ petition is filed by the workman. 2. The case of the workman is that he worked in the 2nd respondent organization for more than 13 years from 1975 to 1988 with certain artificial gaps as casual gunny watchman and though his juniors were regularized, his services were not regularized. His grievance is that without complying with the provisions under Section 25(F) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, his services were terminated illegally on 1.11.1988. Aggrieved by the termination, he raised industrial dispute in I.T.I.D.No.31/1998 and as he was absent and the management was ready on 14.7.1999, the Tribunal passed the nil award. Hence the writ petition. 3. It is to be noticed that the Act is a beneficial piece of legislation and the Tribunal ought to have give opportunity to the workman and approached in a manner congenial for disposal of the industrial dispute on merits, rather than by dismissing the I.D. for default. 4. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances and in the interest of justice, the impugned award of the Tribunal is set aside. 5. As the industrial dispute is of the year 1998 and further as the workman was terminated in the year 1988 on the alleged grounds of violation of the provisions of Section 25-F of the Act, The Tribunal is directed to dispose of the I.D., as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months, after issuing notices to all the parties with regard to the date of hearing. 6. Writ petition is accordingly allowed. No costs. AVS --------------------------- 26—04—2011