Authority: High Court of Odisha at Cuttack

Order Date: 27 October 2026

Case Overview

  • Petition: M/s Sahara India (Cuttack) filed W.P.(C) No.19685 of 2026 challenging an ex‑parte order dated 19 April 2025 passed by the Presiding Officer of the Labour Court, Bhubaneswar in ID Misc. Case No.6 of 2024, wherein an application by Opposite Party No.3 – Workman under Section 33‑C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was allowed.
  • The petitioner sought to set aside that ex‑parte order; however, the certified copy of the order sheet in RMC No.6 of 2024, filed for setting aside, was not part of the writ petition and contained additional facts not disclosed earlier.
  • Counsel Mr. Sidhartha Das submitted that the interest of justice would be better served by withdrawing the present petition and filing a fresh one with complete particulars.

Final Outcome

  • The Court ordered the writ petition to be disposed of as withdrawn, granting the petitioner liberty to file a fresh writ petition with better particulars within one month from the date of the order.

Topics: Industrial Disputes, Labour Law