Karnataka HC Disposes of Writ by Central Excise Casual Labourers After Govt Authorities Grant Relief [Read Order]
The Court observed that as the relief sought by the petitioners had already been given by the government authorities, the legal challenge against the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal no longer existed for examination and the writ petition became infructuous.
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The Karnataka High Court has disposed of a writ suit brought by six Temporary Status Casual Labourers working with Mangaluru Central Excise and Service Tax department. The petitioners have filed the present petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying to quash the order dated 14.12.2023 made by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Bengaluru...
The Karnataka High Court has disposed of a writ suit brought by six Temporary Status Casual Labourers working with Mangaluru Central Excise and Service Tax department. The petitioners have filed the present petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying to quash the order dated 14.12.2023 made by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Bengaluru Bench.
The adverse CAT ruling had permitted an Original Application (OA No.170/507/2021) submitted by the labourers and the department had challenged the order before the High Court.
The respondents in the matter were the Union of India, Ministry of Finance, the Central Board of Excise and Customs, the Chief Commissioner of Central Excise (Bengaluru Zone) and the Commissioner of Central Excise Bengaluru-1. The department had assailed the order of the CAT which led to filing of the present writ petition.
But, the story took a new turn when the case was listed for preliminary hearing before a division bench of Justice S.G. Pandit and Justice Rajesh Rai K. Advocate Sri P.A. Kulkarni, appearing for the casual labourers, made an important submission on record. He submitted to the Court that the respondents have since awarded the remedies the petitioners were entitled to.
In view of this later action of the Central Excise authorities, it was claimed by the counsel that the writ petition has become virtually infructuous and there is no need for further adjudication by the High Court.
The Bench accepted the submission that in view of the relief obtained, the petition does not survive for consideration and recorded the statement and formally disposed of the Writ Petition No. 3489 of 2024. The Court also directed that all outstanding interlocutory applications (I.A.) in the connected writ case shall stand disposed of accordingly.
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