IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.1396 of 2016.

Judgment reserved on: 01.01.2018.

Date of decision: 5^th January, 2018.

M/S Federal Mogul Bearing India Limited .….Petitioner.

Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & others …..Respondents.

Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioner : Mr.Rahul Mahajan, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr.J.S.Guleria, Assistant Advocate General, for respondents No.1 and 2.

Mr.V.D.Khidtta, Advocate, for respondent No.3.

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge.

The petitioner has prayed for quashing of the notification No.11-

2/93 (Lab.) ID/2015-Solan (Annexure P-1) made by the Joint Labour Commissioner on 19.12.2015 vide which he has made a reference to the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court which, according to the petitioner, is neither competent nor maintainable.

Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment?Yes

2. The petitioner-Company is a Public Limited Company duly registered under the Companies Act, 1956. It preparePd a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (‘VRS’) that was made applicable to all workers whose names were on the muster-roll of the petitioner-Company a