JUDGMENT :

A.S. Supehia, J.

1. The present petition has been filed for the following relief:

"5(a) Be pleased to issue writ of certiorari and/or any other appropriate writ, order or direction in the like nature quashing and setting aside the order below Exh. 8 dated 03.01.2022 passed by the Labour Court, Rajkot in Reference (LCR) No. 19 of 2021 (Annexure-A) and the order of reference dated 30.03.2021 passed by the respondent no. 2(Annexure-B);"

2. Learned advocate Mr. Varun Patel has submitted that the Labour Court has fallen in error in passing the impugned order below Exh. 8 dated 31.01.2022 in Reference (LCR) No. 19 of 2021 rejecting the application filed by the petitioner raising preliminary objection regarding territorial jurisdiction of the Labour Court, Rajkot. He has submitted that the respondent No. 1 was admittedly working at Bhuj and she was dismissed from Bhuj, where she was last placed after her appointment at Rajkot Nagrik Sahkari Bank Limited, Bhuj Branch and hence, the Labour Court, Rajkot will not have any jurisdiction to examine the validity of the orders passed by the petitioner-Bank.

2.1. It is submitted that the application is merely rejected on the premise that sin