This writ petition is filed, challenging the endorsement of the second respondent, the Central Government Labour Court cum Industrial Tribunal dated 29.06.2001, by which the second respondent has refused to entertain the application filed by the petitioner to set aside the exparte award passed in I.D.No.257 of 2001 on 23.02.2001. The reason given by the second respondent for rejecting the application is that the award passed by the Labour Court has been published in the G.O., as per the Notification of the Government dated 12.03.2001. Few facts relevant for the decision in this writ petition are as follows:

The petitioner Union raised a dispute about the termination of employment of one Sarvajeet Goundu on 29.04.1998 when he was employed as a Cook in the first respondent management. The Government of India has referred the same on 110. 1999 for adjudication to the Tamil Nadu Industrial Tribunal and later transferred to the second respondent and was taken on file as I.D.No.257 of 2001. Notice was sent to both the parties to appear before the Tribunal on 09.02.2001. Since both the parties were not present on that date, fresh notice was ordered, posting the case to 23.02.20