HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 9066 OF 2019

O R D E R:

Questioning the Order passed by Respondent No. 2 Labour Court-II in M.P. No. 51 of 2004, dated 18-01-2019, whereby Petitioner Company - M/s Hyderabad Connectronics Limited was directed to pay Rs. 1,58,12,319/- to Respondents No. 3 to 66, without granting an opportunity of being heard to Petitioner after reopening the case suo motu and without considering the fact that full and final settlement had already been made with some of the Respondents and without ensuring proper service of notice to Petitioner, this Writ Petition is instituted.

2. The grievance of petitioner is that impugned order violates the principles of natural justice. The Labour Court reopened M.P. and proceeded to pass orders without affording them an opportunity to contest. It is stated, though Petitioner had made full and final settlement with 32 employees after they resigned from service, the same was not brought to the notice of the Labour Court, as the unofficial respondents suppressed these material facts. Without deducting the amounts already paid under full and final settlement, the Labour Court granted the entire claim amount to t