S.N.AGGARWAL, J (ORAL)

M/s. Ranbaxy Limited (petitioner herein) has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, aggrieved by an interim order dated 18.04.2009 passed by the Industrial Adjudicator declining it an opportunity to cross-examine the workmens witnesses and to lead additional evidence in rebuttal to the additional evidence produced by the workmen pursuant to order dated 11.02.2008.

2.Heard.

3. Brief facts of the case are that 23 workmen working with the petitioner had raised an industrial dispute for their regularization and the said dispute raised by them was referred by the appropriate Government for adjudication to the Labour Court and was registered as ID No. 130/02/2006. The issues were framed by the Court below on 21.04.2003. On behalf of the workmen, two witnesses, namely, Mr. Ved Prakash and Mr. Munna Lal were examined. Out of these two witnesses which were examined by the workmen, one of them, namely, Mr. Ved Prakash did not appear for his further cross-examination by the management and it seems that the authorized representative of the workmen closed the evidence on behalf of the workmen without getting the veracity of their witness

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