IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 06.03.2026 M/s Kids Clinic India Limited ….Petitioner Versus The Ld. Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court-1, Gurugram, Haryana and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Ajiteshwar Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Amitabh Tewari, Advocate, for respondent No.3.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner-Management, through the instant writ petition, as cast under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, has approached this Court against the order dated 01.09.2025 (Annexure P-1), vide which, an application for setting aside the ex parte award dated 10.10.2023 (Annexure P-2), and also the order dated 04.05.2022 (Annexure P-3), whereby, it was proceeded against ex parte, has been dismissed by the learned Industrial Tribunal.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the learned Industrial Tribunal has dismissed the application (supra), vide impugned order, solely on the ground that, post thirty days of publication of the award, it becomes a functus officio, and thus, cannot entertain any such application, which is apparently unsustainab