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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
SANJAY PRASAD
Tata Steel Limited (Earlier known as Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited) – Appellant
Versus
Bir Bahadur – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sanjay Prasad, J.
This writ petition has been filed on behalf of the Management Company in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the Judgment dated 21.02.2006 (pronounced on 16.03.2006) passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Jamshedpur in Reference Case No. 20 of 1995 whereby and whereunder the termination of the concerned workman has been held to be not valid and accordingly direction for payment of wages for seventeen months from the date of his termination till his notional date of superannuation with all consequential benefits has been directed to be paid and/or for issuance of such other writ(s), order(s) or direction(s) as this Hon’ble Court may think just.
2. Heard Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, learned Sr. Counsel for the Petitioner-Company and Mr. Manish Kumar, learned counsel for the Workman- Respondent.
3. It reveals from the ordersheet of this Court that though the above writ application was filed in the year 2006 and on 05.09.2006 notice was issued upon the Respondent by the Co-ordinate Bench (Justice Narendra Nath Tiwari, as His Lordship then was) of this Court, but requisites were not filed for a long period for a fresh notice and finally on 05.09.2007 time
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