Allahabad High Court
NARENDRA KUMARversusASSISTANT LABOUR COMMISSIONER FIROZABAD AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- DINESH PATHAK
Holding
The Court ordered the competent authority to decide the execution application within two months and disposed of the writ petition.
Summary
The petitioner, a workman, obtained a labour award dated 14‑11‑2013 in Adjudication Case No. 53 of 2012, which has become final up to the Supreme Court. He filed an application before the Assistant Labour Commissioner for execution of the award, but no final decision has been rendered despite notice to the Municipal Commissioner, Nagar Nigam, Firozabad. The petitioner filed a writ petition seeking expeditious execution of the award. The respondent Municipal Commissioner raised no objection to a direction for speedy disposal of the execution application. The High Court, without expressing any view on the merits, directed the Additional Labour Commissioner/competent authority to decide the execution application within two months of production of a certified copy of the order and expected full cooperation from the Municipal Commissioner. Accordingly, the writ petition was disposed of.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court can issue a direction for the expeditious execution of a labour award under its writ jurisdiction.
Subjects
- writ petition
- execution of award
- labour law
- industrial dispute
- expeditious disposal
- High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - A No. - 16050 of 2026
Narendra Kumar
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Assistant Labour Commissioner Firozabad And Another
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pankaj Kumar Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Abhinava Krishna Srivastava, C.S.C.
Court No. - 32
HON'BLE DINESH PATHAK, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri Abhinava Krishna
Srivastava, learned counsel for respondent no. 2; and learned Standing
Counsel appearing for State respondent no. 1.
2. The instant writ petition has been filed seeking expeditious execution of
the award dated 14.11.2013, published on 01.05.2014, passed in
Adjudication Case No. 53 of 2012.
3. It is submitted that the aforesaid award has attained finality up to the
Hon'ble Supreme Court. Pursuant to the aforesaid award, the petitioner
(workman) moved an appropriate application before the Assistant Labour
Commissioner for execution thereof. However, till date, no final decision
has been taken, despite notice having been issued by the Assistant Labour
Commissioner to the Municipal Commissioner, Nagar Nigam, Firozabad.
4. Learned counsel appearing for Nagar Nigam, Firozabad, submits that he
has no objection to issuance of a direction for expeditious disposal of the
execution application moved by the petitioner for execution of the award
dated 14.11.2013, published on 01.05.2014, passed in Adjudication Case
No. 53 of 2012.
5. In this conspectus, as above, no useful purpose would be served by
keeping this matter pending. Accordingly, this Court deems it appropriate to
finally dispose of the present writ petition, without expressing any opinion
on the merits of the case, with a direction to the concerned Additional
Labour Commissioner/Competent Authority to consider and decide the
execution application moved by the petitioner for execution of the award
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dated 14.11.2013, published on 01.05.2014, passed in Adjudication Case No.
53 of 2012, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period
of two months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.
6. It is, however, expected that the Municipal Commissioner, Nagar Nigam,
Firozabad, shall fully cooperate in the execution proceedings without fail.
7. With the aforesaid directions and observations, the writ petition stands
disposed of.
October 1, 2026
vkg
(Dinesh Pathak,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
VINOD KUMAR GOSWAMI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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