IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2661 OF 2009 Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors. ...Petitioners Vs. Shri Rakesh Uttam More & Another .. Respondents --- Shri M.M. Malvankar i/b. Shri R.A. Malandkar for Petitioners Shri Prakash Devdas for Respondent Nos.1 and 2 ---- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED 20TH APRIL, 2009 P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioners and the Respondents. 2. The Petitioners are challenging an order passed by the Industrial Court dated 2.2.2008 whereby the present Petitioners were directed to issue chargesheets under the Model Standing Orders and give specific instances of misconduct as enumerated therein and to allow the Complainants to defend in the departmental enquiry by an office bearer of their Union. Against the said order, a review petition was filed. However, review petition was also rejected by the Industrial Court by an order dated 11.11.2008. 3. The Respondents had filed a complaint under section 28 of the M.R.T.U. & P.U.L.P. Act, 1971, alleging unfair labour practice on the part of the Petitioners at Item 9 and Schedule IV and prayed for interim reliefs in the said application. The principal contention raised by the Respondents in the said complaint was that since there was no Certified Standing Order in respect of the Municipal Corporation, the Model Standing Orders would be applicable. It was further alleged that the chargesheet which was against the Respondents did not mention specific instances of misconduct which were committed by the Respondents and, therefore, there was a clear breach of the said Model Standing Orders which in terms laid down that it was the duty of the employee to give specific instances of misconduct on the part of the employee. The said application was allowed and the aforesaid order was passed, which order has been confirmed by the Industrial Court in review petition filed by the Petitioners herein. 4. In view of the judgment of this Court in Writ Petition No.8711 of 2007, it has been held that the Model Standing Orders of Industrial Employment (Standing) Orders Act, 1946 are applicable to the employees of the Municipal Corporation. The said question, therefore, does not survive and is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court. 5. That being the position. There is no infirmity in the order passed by the Industrial court on the interim application filed by the Respondents. In this view of the matter, no case is made out to interfere with the aforesaid order passed by the Industrial Court. 5. Petition is, accordingly, rejected. V.M. KANADE J.