I.S. ISRANI, J.—The Management, Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd., Ajmer has filed this writ petition against the award dated September 21, 1988 passed by the Judge, Labour Court Jaipur, in reference case No. ICR 157/83, which was published on December 28, 1988.

2. An application dated December 17,1989 under Section 17-B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for short, the ID Act) has been filed on behalf of the respondent No. 2—the workman, praying that a direction be given to the petitioner to make the payment of last drawn wages to him from the date when the writ proceedings were initiated/filed before this Court.

3. In the application, in para No. 5, it has been stated that the respondent No. 2—workman, prior to the award, was not employed in any other Industrial Establishment and nor he is no gainfully employed in any other Industrial Establishment, after the passing of the award till date. An affidavit in support of this application has also been filed.

4. A reply to this application has been filed on behalf of the petitioner, in which it has been stated that the respondent No. 2 has not come with clean hands and that the application is not in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 1

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