Vaishnavi 905-WP-17834-2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 17834 OF 2025 Vijay Dattaram Lanjekar ...Petitioner V/s. 1 M/S. Sandhya Group Of Companies ...Respondent ________________ Mr. Pravin V. Palhade, for Petitioner. Mr. Kanhaiya Yadav i/b P.C. Pavaskar, for Respondent. ________________ CORAM: SANDEEP V. MARNE, J. DATED: 20 AUGUST 2026 P.C.: 1) The Petition is filed challenging order dated 29 January 2025 passed by the Labour Court, Mumbai, rejecting application at Exhibit U-2 for grant of interim relief of reinstatement during pendency of the Complaint. 2) The Complaint is filed for reinstatement of services of the Petitioner. There is dispute between the parties as to whether the Petitioner was terminated or has abandoned the services. In the pending Complaint, the Petitioner filed application at Exhibit U-2 for grant of interim relief of reinstatement, which was rejected by order dated 29 Page No. 1 of 2 20 August 2026 Vaishnavi 905-WP-17834-2025 January 2025. The order of the Labour Court was confirmed in revision by the Industrial Court vide order dated 3 November 2025. 3) The complaint is pending since the year 2024. It appears that the Complaint is at the stage of recording the evidence of the Petitioner. In that view of the matter, it would be appropriate that the Complaint itself is decided in an expeditious manner rather than determining the correctness of rejection of prayer for interim relief. The Petition is accordingly disposed of by requesting the learned Judge of the Labour Court to decide the Complaint as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 6 months. Both parties shall extend due cooperation to the Labour Court for expeditious disposal of the Complaint. All contentions on merits are expressly kept open. [SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.] Page No. 2 of 2 20 August 2026