Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:121614 Court No. - 33 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 8166 of 2025 Petitioner :- Purshottam Road Lines Respondent :- Deputy Labour Commissioner And 7 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Manvendra Nath Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Ankur Mehrotra,C.S.C. Hon'ble Prakash Padia,J. 1. Heard Sri Anadi Krishn Narain, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents no.1 to 3 and Sri Ankur Mehrotra, learned counsel for the respondent no.4. 2. The petitioner has preferred present writ petition inter-alia with the following prayers :- "i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 24.05.2024 passed by the Respondent no. 1/ Dep Labour Commissioner, Bareilly along with recovry certificate 24.06.2024 issued by the Tehsildar, Sadar, Bareilly for recovery of Rs. 13,00,537/ (contained Annexure No. 1 and 2 to the writ Petition). ii) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents not to initiate any recovery proceedings against petitioner in pursuance of the aforesaid impugned order." 3. The facts in brief as contained in the writ petition are that in the proceedings initiated before the Employees Compensation Commissioner and Deputy Labour Commissioner, Bareilly proceedings were initiated by one Smt. Seeta Devi/respondent no.5 by filing a case being Case 285/E.C.A./2021 against the respondent no.4 namely Local Divisional Manager, National Insurance Company Ltd. as well as present petitioner-Purshottam Road Lines. On the said proceedings an award has been made and order was passed on 09.02.2024, operative portion of which reads as follows:- "उपररोक्त वविविवेचनना कवे आधनार पर प्रवतिविनाददी सस 0-1 बदीमना कस ० करो आदवेश वदयना जनातिना हहै वक विह विनाददीगण करो बतितौर क्षवतिपपूवतिर धनरनावश रूपयना 11,02,058 /- जमना करर । विनाददीगण क्षवतिपपूवतिर धनरनावश पर 02 मनाह कना ब्यनाज छरोड़कर विनाद दनायर ककी वतिथथि सवे अननतिम भभुगतिनान ककी वतिथथि तिक 09 प्रवतिशति विनावररक ब्यनाज भदी पनानवे कवे अथधकनारदी हरोगर। प्रवतिविनाददी सस0-1 बदीमना कस ० क्षवतिपपूवतिर धनरनावश मय ब्यनाज सवहति इस नयनायलय मर चचक/बचक डडनाफ्ट कवे मनाध्यम सवे "उप श्रमनायभुक्त, बरवेलदी" कवे पदननाम सवे एक मनाह कवे अनदर जमना करर। प्रवतिविनाददी सस0-2 करो धनारना-4 ए ककी उप धनारना-3 बदी कवे अनतिगरति अथिरदण्ड ककी धनरनावश वनधनाररण हवेतिभु कनारण बतिनाओ नरोवटस भवेजना जनाविर। प्रवतिविनाददी सस0-1 बदीमना कस ० भभुगतिनान ककी जनानवे विनालदी धनरनावश प्रवतिविना सस0-2 पभुरुररोत्तम ररोड लनाईनस सवे धनरनावश विसपूल कर सकतिदी हहै।" 4. Pursuant to the last two lines of the aforesaid award an application was filed by the respondent no.4 before the respondent no.1-Deputy Labour Commissioner, Bareilly. On the said application an order dated 24.06.2024 was passed by him directing the petitioner to deposit a sum of Rs.13,00,537/- by way of bankers cheque or bank draft in favour of the Deputy Labour Commissioner, Bareilly. Aggrieved against the aforesaid petitioner has preferred present writ petition. 5. Apart from various other arguments one of the argument raised by the petitioner is that before passing the aforesaid order no notice and opportunity has been given to the petitioner. This fact is also clear from perusal of the order itself. 6. In this view of the matter and also in the interest of justice, the order dated 24.06.2024 issued by the respondent no.1 will be treated as notice to the present petitioner. The petitioner is directed to submit his reply raising all his grievances before the aforesaid authority within a period of four weeks from today. If it is so the aforesaid authority is directed to take a decision in the matter strictly in accordance with law after providing opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned within next two months. The order of recovery dated 24.06.2024 will be subject to fresh decision taken by the authorities. 7. Till the decision is taken no coercive action be taken against the petitioner. Order Date :- 24.7.2025 Pramod Tripathi Digitally signed by :- PRAMOD TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad