Puthiya Jananayaga Vagana Ottunargal v. The Principal
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 17.06.2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE Mr. JUSTICE P.DHANABAL and W.M.P. No.12291 of 2022 Puthiya Jananayaga Vagana Ottunargal, Techniciankal Matrum Oozhiyarkal Sangam, Jeppiar School Branch, represented by its President No.3/237, Gokulapuram, Sembakkam Panchayat, Chengalpet District.
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Petitioner vs.
The Principal, Jeppiar Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Jeppiar Nagar, Rajiv Ganthi Salai, Semmanchery, Chennai.
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Respondent PRAYER: The Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking to issue a Writ of Mandamus forbearing the respondent from altering the service conditions of the members of the petitioner Union whose names and details are given in the annexure to the affidavit including discontinuance of their services or refusing to provide employment in any manner without getting permission under Section 33 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 in the industrial dispute in I.D. No.173 of 2019 pending 1/5
before the Labour Court, Kanchipuram for adjudication. For Petitioner :
Mr.Balan Haridas For Respondents :
Ms. Yazhini for M/s. K.P. Sanjeev Kumar
ORDER
This Writ petition is filed by the petitioner to forbear the respondent from altering the service conditions of the members of the petitioner Union whose names and details are given in the annexure to the affidavit including discontinuance of their services or refusing to provide employment in any manner without getting permission under Section 33 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 in the industrial dispute in I.D. No.173 of 2019 pending before the Labour Court, Kanchipuram.
2. After the elaborate arguments, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that since the industrial dispute is pending before the Labour Court, this Court, without going into the merits of the case, can direct the Labour Court to dispose of the pending industrial dispute within a stipulated time. Till such time, Status Quo can be maintained in respect of including discontinuance of their services or refusing to provide employment in any manner without getting permission under Section 33 of the Industrial 2/5
Disputes Act. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent also has not disputed the pendency of the industrial dispute and for speedy disposal of the industrial dispute pending before the Labour Court and also admitted that based on the order passed by this Court in W.M.P. No.12291 of 2022, an interim stay has been granted.
3. Consider the above said submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, the pendency of the industrial dispute from the year 2019 and already this Court passed an order of interim stay, it is appropriate to direct the Tribunal to dispose the industrial dispute in I.D. No.173 of 2019, without giving any long adjournment, as early as possible, preferrably within a period of 3 (three) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, Status Quo has to be maintained.
4. With the above observations, this Writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are also closed.
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