{"id":182744,"date":"2005-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-manager-silver-cloud-estate-vs-plantation-labour-association-on-3-february-2005"},"modified":"2014-04-09T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T12:20:00","slug":"the-manager-silver-cloud-estate-vs-plantation-labour-association-on-3-february-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-manager-silver-cloud-estate-vs-plantation-labour-association-on-3-february-2005","title":{"rendered":"The Manager, Silver Cloud Estate vs Plantation Labour Association &#8230; on 3 February, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The Manager, Silver Cloud Estate vs Plantation Labour Association &#8230; on 3 February, 2005<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: (2005) 2 MLJ 40<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: M Katju<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: M Katju, D Murugesan<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p> Markendey Katju, C.J.<\/p>\n<p>1. This writ appeal is filed against the impugned order of the learned single Judge dated 27.09.2002. Heard Mr. V. Karthick, learned counsel appearing for the appellant. None appeared for the first respondent, though the name of Mr. R. Sankarasubbu, learned counsel is printed in the list.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The writ petition was filed against the second show cause notice dated 19.06.2002 in which it is alleged that the members of the writ petitioner association had committed serious misconduct (assault) and were charge sheeted on 19.04.2002 and they were called upon to submit their explanation against the proposed punishment of dismissal.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. In our opinion, the writ petition itself was premature, since a writ can be filed only when a cause of action has arisen. In this case no dismissal order was served, but the members of the petitioner-association were only directed to submit explanation for the proposed punishment of dismissal. Hence, no cause of action had arisen when the writ petition was filed. (Subsequently, the dismissal order was passed) In our opinion the writ petition itself should not have been entertained in view of the recent Division Bench decision of this Court in Indian Additives Ltd. v. Indian Additives Employees&#8217; Union , in which we have followed the rulings of the Supreme Court in <a href=\"\/doc\/1452602\/\">U.P. State Bridge Corporation Ltd. v. U.P. Rajya Setu Nigam S. Karamchari Sangh<\/a> (200(4) SCC 268) as well as in <a href=\"\/doc\/1696077\/\">Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation v. Krishna Kant  and<\/a> it has been observed that such writ petition should be dismissed on the ground of alternative remedy under the Industrial Disputes Act. Moreover, in <a href=\"\/doc\/350976\/\">Special Director v. Mohd. Ghulam Ghouse,<\/a> , and in Executive Engineer v. R.K. Singh, , it has been held that ordinarily writ petitions should not be entertained against show cause notices.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. As the writ petition itself was premature, the impugned order passed in that writ petition is set aside. The writ appeal is allowed. However, it is open to the first respondent to challenge the order of dismissal before the appropriate forum in an appropriate proceeding.\n<\/p>\n<p>WAMP. No. 3279 of 2003 is closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court The Manager, Silver Cloud Estate vs Plantation Labour Association &#8230; on 3 February, 2005 Equivalent citations: (2005) 2 MLJ 40 Author: M Katju Bench: M Katju, D Murugesan JUDGMENT Markendey Katju, C.J. 1. This writ appeal is filed against the impugned order of the learned single Judge dated 27.09.2002. Heard Mr. V. 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