Delhi High Court Directs Registry To Issue Practice Directions For Arraying Workman As First Respondent In Pleas Challenging Labour Court Orders

The Delhi High Court has directed its Registry to ensure that the petitioners array the workman as first respondent in the petitions assailing the order or award passed by labour courts or any other statutory authority, where the workman is a contesting respondent so that he or she is easily able to locate the writ petition in the cause list.

The direction was issued by Justice Rekha Palli on the judicial side while hearing petitions filed by the Delhi Municipal Corporation against recovery certificates issued in favour of the workmen by the Deputy Labour Commissioner.

Justice Palli said that when the writ petitions assailing the awards or orders passed by the labour court are filed by the management including the municipal corporation, the Delhi government is impleaded as first respondent and the workmen are generally impleaded as respondent two or three. The court said due to such practice, the title of the petitions assailing different awards becomes identical and it causes confusion to the workmen.

The court said it is therefore deemed necessary to direct the Registry to issue the following practice directions:

"In any writ petition which is filed assailing the order/award passed by the learned labour court or any other statutory authority where the workman is a contesting respondent, the petitioner will be required to array the workman as respondent no.1 so that the workman is easily able to locate the writ petition in the cause list."

Title: MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI vs GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 1147

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