IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR-8702-2025 DECIDED ON: 01.12.2025 M/S HERO MOTOCORP LTD.

.....PETITIONER VERSUS OM NATH AND ANOTHER .....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANDEEP PANNU Present: Mr. Pawan Kumar Mutneja, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Viranjeet Singh Mahal, Ms. Suverna Mutneja, Advocates for the petitioner.

MANDEEP PANNU, J (ORAL)

1. The present revision petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 16.10.2025 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court-I, Gurugram, whereby the application moved by the petitioner for amendment of the written statement has been dismissed.

2. Briefly stated, Respondent No.1 – Om Nath was employed with the petitioner as a security guard and was later promoted as Inspector/Supervisor. It is the case of the petitioner that Respondent No.1 abandoned his service on 01.11.2012 without permission and did not report for duty thereafter for more than one and a half years, which amounted to voluntary abandonment. Respondent No.1 thereafter raised an industrial dispute and filed his claim statement before the Labour Court. The petitioner filed its wr