BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE PORT OF KOLKATA Vs. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL CUM LABOUR COURT KOLKATA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN this writ petition the petitioner has challenged the order dated 20th February, 2007 and sought for addition of the Port Shramik co-operative Enterprise Limited as a party in Reference No. 35 of 2004.

(2.) PETITIONER's Case 2. 1 The case of the petitioner is that in 1996 some workers of the Port shramik Co-operative Enterprise Ltd. (Co-operative) filed C. O. No. 5950 (W)of 1996 praying for absorption by the Calcutta Port Trust. By order dated 27th november, 1998 this Court held that the said dispute should be decided by the labour Court if a dispute is raised. Thereafter a letter was written to the Central government to refer the dispute and the same was recorded. The said rejection was challenged in W. P. No. 2332 of 2001 and by order dated 29th July, 2004 the order of the Central Government was quashed. The Central Government was thereafter directed to refer the dispute to the proper Industrial Tribunal/labour court. On basis thereof by an order dated 27th August, 2004 the Central government made a reference to the Industrial Tribunal at Calcutta. The matter referred was as follows : the Schedule

(3.) UNION's Case