ASHOK LEYLAND LTD Vs. PRESIDING OFFICER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) INVOKING Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner- management herein has filed the present writ petition seeking for a writ of mandamus forbearing the first respondent, the Presiding Officer, III Additional Labour Court, Madras, from proceeding with the adjudication of I. D. No. 57 of 1992 in so far as the petitioner is concerned.

(2.) IN support of the writ petition, the petitioner herein has filed an affidavit wherein they have narrated all the facts and circumstances that forced them to file the present writ petition and requested this Court to allow the writ petition as prayed for. Per contra, on behalf of the second respondent a counter-affidavit has been filed rebutting all the material allegations levelled against them one after the other and ultimately they have requested this Court to dismiss the writ petition for want of merits.

(3.) HEARD the arguments advanced by learned counsel appearing for the parties, I have perused the contents of the affidavit and the counter-affidavit together with all other relevant material documents available on record in the form of typed set of papers. I have also taken into consideration the various points raised by learned counsel appearing for the respective parties during the course of their arguments.