HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 33361 OF 2023

O R D E R:

Heard Sri A.K. Jayaprakash Rao, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Labour on behalf of Respondents 1 and 2 and Sri K.V. Satya Ramachandra Rao, learned counsel on behalf of the 4th respondent.

2. The Writ Petition filed by Petitioner challenging the proceedings initiated by Respondent No.2 under Section 33-C(1) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for short, ‘the Act’) against Petitioner and its properties in CRLMP No. 1722 of 2023 on the file of the Hon’ble XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Courts at Nampally, Hyderabad. These proceedings were initiated for recovery of a sum of Rs. 30,38,00,000/- (Rupees thirty crores thirty-eight lakhs only) which was declared payable to the employees of Petitioner under a Certificate for Recovery No. B/55/2021 dated 03.01.2023. This certificate was issued based on an alleged settlement between various recognized Employees’ Unions and Respondent No.3. Petitioner contends that these proceedings are illegal, arbitrary, and not maintainable against Petitioner, hence, seeks to quash them.

According to Respondent No.2