JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KUMAR GUPTA, J.

1. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 103 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir for issuance of an appropriate writ, direction or order in the nature of Certiorari to quash the ex-parte Award of learned Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal/Labour Court J&K Jammu dated 13.08.2002 alongwith its judgment/order dated 15.07.2003 rejecting application for setting aside ex-parte award.

2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is a Govt. Company sponsored by Industrial Development Bank of India with registered office at 17B/B Gandhi Nagar, Jammu engaged in providing consultancy service to the Industrial entrepreneurs. The Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal/Labour Court J&K, Jammu passed an ex-parte award dated 13.08.2002 in Case File No. 697/LC titled Sh. R.K. Bakshi vs. Managing Director, J&K ITCO Ltd. Jammu holding that the order terminating the services of respondent No. 1 was illegal as he was working as Project Associate from July, 1998 till 24th April, 2000, and terms of Section 25-F of Industrial Disputes Act have not been complied with. Respondent No. 1 was held deemed to b