D N DHINGRA Vs. UNION OF INDIA UOI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) D. N. Dhingra, petitioner, has filed this petition seeking a direction to respondent 1, Union of India, for referring the industrial dispute raised by him for adjudication to the Industrial Tribunal.

(2.) THE petitioner was appointed as a steno-typist on 28 July 1977, in Punjab National Bank. He was promoted to the post of special assistant on 14 August 1984, and was posted at Nehla, District Hissar. He was again promoted as an Accountant on 27 May 1985, and was posted at the same branch. While he was posted as special assistant at Nehla, he was charged with certain acts of omission and commission. The following five charges were levelled against him:

(3.) AS he had exhausted all the remedies provided under the rules, he raised an industrial dispute against his removal from service under Section 2-A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter called the Act ). The Assistant Labour commissioner (Central), respondent 3, made efforts of conciliation, but it failed and he communicated his failure report under Section 12 (4) of the Act to the Union of India, respondent 1, vide -his letter, dated 1 February 1988. Respondent 1, the Union of India, rejected the application of the petitioner for making a reference of the dispute vide its order, dated 10 August 1988. Not satisfied with the rejection order, the petitioner submitted an application for reconsideration of the order which was rejected by respondent I on 13 October 1988.