Vaishnavi 41-WP-4334-2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4334 OF 2024 M/s. Shree Classes ...Petitioner V/s. Shashikant Balkrishna Gurav ...Respondent ________________ Mr. Yashodeep Deshmukh i/b Mr. Pradip Patil, for Petitioner. Mr. A. S. Rao, for Respondent. ________________ CORAM: SANDEEP V. MARNE, J. DATED: 19 AUGUST 2026 P.C.: 1) By this Petition, Petitioner challenges award dated 28 August 2022 passed by the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Pune in Reference (IDA) No. 76 of 2019. 2) I have heard Mr. Deshmukh, the learned counsel appearing for Petitioner and Mr. Rao, the learned counsel appearing for the Respondent. 3) The sole ground raised by the Petitioner in the present Petition is that he did not receive summons in respect of the reference. My attention is invited to the bailiff’s report, which indicates that the bailiff approached the address indicated in the statement of claim. He did not Page No. 1 of 2 19 August 2026 Vaishnavi 41-WP-4334-2024 notice the Petitioner at that address. Therefore, he went to another class and met another person and Mr. Mahesh Bargude and attempted to serve the summons on Mr. Mahesh Bargude. The service report indicates that Mr. Mahesh Bargude refused to accept the summons. Mr Deshmukh Submits that Mr. Mahesh Bargude operates an altogether different establishment by name of Shreeyash Classes. It therefore appears that the Petitioner has not been duly served with the notices in the reference. On that count, the reference deserves to be remanded for the purpose of affording an opportunity of hearing to the Petitioner. 4) Accordingly, Award dated 20 August 2022 is set aside. Reference IDA No. 76 of 2019 is remanded to Labour Court No. 4, Pune, for being on 1 September 2026 decided afresh. The parties shall appear before the Labour Court alongwith copy of this order downloaded from website of the Court and apply for fixation of date(s) of hearing in the reference. It shall be not necessary for the Labour Court to issue fresh notices to either of the parties. The Labour Court shall proceed to decide the reference as expeditiously as possible, preferable within a period of 6 months. All contentions of the parties on merits are expressly kept open. 5) With the above directions, the Writ Petition is partly allowed and disposed of. There shall be not order as to costs. 6) The Petitioner shall file written statement on of before 18 September 2026 before the Labour Court. [SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.] Page No. 2 of 2 19 August 2026