IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT INDORE BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE ANIL VERMA ON THE 01^st OF APRIL, 2022 MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO.824 OF 2021 Between:-

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, DHAR, THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT – DHAR (MP)

.....PETITIONER (BY SHRI PRATEEK PATWARDHAN, ADVOCATE )

AND BARKAT S/O SHRI SATTARR, ADDRESS: GANDHI COLONY, DHAR, DISTRICT – DHAR (MP)

.....RESPONDENT (BY SHRI SANJEEV RAWAT, ADVOCATE )

This miscellaneous petition coming on for this day, the court passed the following:

O R D E R

The petitioner has filed the present petition under Article

227 of the Constitution of India, being aggrieved by impugned orders dated 30.04.2019 (Annexure-P/3), 26.09.2019 (Annexure- P/6) and 31.01.2020 (Annexure-P/7), whereby ex-parte award has been passed against the petitioner. Two different applications under Order 9 Rule 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (for short 'CPC') have been preferred by the petitioner before the Court below and the same were also dismissed.

The facts of the case in brief are that the petitioner/Municipal Corporation has filed the petition challenging the award passed by the Labour Court in Ref. No.ID REF.31/19, wherein the Presiding Officer has pr