O R D E R

The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, call for the entire records connected with the order passed by the first respondent in unnumbered I.D.No. / 2014, dated 06.06.2014, and quash the same and direct the first respondent to number the dispute and decide the case on merits within a time frame.

2.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is an employee of the second respondent and he was terminated from service on 18.10.2007 and aggrieved by the same, the petitioner raised industrial dispute under Section 2A of the Industrial Disputes Act , however, the first respondent without even numbering the industrial dispute rejected the same on the ground that the Central amendment came into force on 15.09.2010 and the petitioner ought to have filed the application within three years from that date, whereas, the petitioner has filed the application only on 02.12.2013 and hence the application is barred by limitation. The learned counsel further submitted that Section 2A of the was amended for fixing the limitation, however, it is only prospectively and not retrospectively and prayed fo