(1.) Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and, with the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, heard finally.
(2.) By this petition, the petitioner takes exception to a judgment and order dtd. 27/9/2018 passed by the learned Member, Industrial Court at Mumbai in Appeal (IC) No.27 of 2017, whereby the appeal preferred by the respondent - employer came to be allowed by setting aside the judgment and order dtd. 18/1/2017, passed by the learned Judge, Labour Court, Mumbai, in Application (BIR) - M No.69 of 2011 under which the petitioner had been directed to be reinstated in service with continuity of service but without backwages.
(3.) The petition arises in the backdrop of the following facts.