- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010472652026 NC: 2026:KHC:36387 WP No. 21632 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 16TH DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI M WRIT PETITION NO. 21632 OF 2026 (L-RES) BETWEEN: TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR MOTOR PVT. LTD., REGD. OFFICE: PLOT NO.1, BIDADI INDUSTRIAL AREA, RAMANAGARA DISTRICT-562109. REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER- EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DIVISION, SRI. SRINIVASA K.V., REGISTERED UNDER COMPANIES ACT, 1956 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. S.N.MURTHY, SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR SMT. ROOPASRI S., ADVOCATE) AND: SRI. M.S.NAVEEN, S/O. LATE SRI. M.P.SHANTHA KUMAR, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/O NO.11, NEW NO.8, LAKSHMAIAH ROAD, HALASURU, BENGALURU-560 008. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. SAMEER SHARMA, ADVOCATE FOR C/R) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, SEEKING CERTAIN RELIEFS. Digitally signed by PREMCHANDRA M R Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010472652026 NC: 2026:KHC:36387 WP No. 21632 of 2026 THIS WRIT PETITION IS LISTED FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, AN ORDER IS MADE AS UNDER: ORAL ORDER Sri.S.N.Murthy, Senior counsel on behalf of Smt.Roopasri S., for the petitioner and Sri. Sameer Sharma, counsel for caveator/respondent, appeared in person. 2. This petition is filed seeking the following reliefs: (i) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other writ or order quashing that portion of the impugned order dated 20.06.2026 in I.D.No.01/2025 at Annexure-M, where the Labor Court holds that the respondent workman may make an application to try I.A.No.1 from the date of application till decision on the preliminary issue, in the interest of justice. - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010472652026 NC: 2026:KHC:36387 WP No. 21632 of 2026 3. Counsel appearing for the respective parties presented several contentions. Heard the contentions and perused the papers with utmost care. 4. The controversy is confined to a narrow compass and arises out of the observations made by the Labor Court while disposing of I.A. Nos. 2 and 3. The respondent had filed the said interlocutory applications seeking certain reliefs. The petitioner entered objections. By order dated 20.06.2026, both applications were rejected. However, while dismissing I.A. Nos. 2 and 3, the Labor Court proceeded to observe as follows: "Both I.A. No. 2 and 3 are hereby dismissed. However, the first party is extended with liberty to press I.A. No. 1 for a period from the date of application, till the date of deciding the preliminary issue before trying the preliminary issue." A careful reading of the above portion reveals that the grant of liberty to press I.A. No. 1, while rejecting I.A. - 4 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010472652026 NC: 2026:KHC:36387 WP No. 21632 of 2026 Nos. 2 and 3, was wholly unwarranted. Once the applications stood dismissed, the Court ought not to have travelled beyond the scope of the reliefs sought therein. The impugned observation, therefore, cannot be sustained. Consequently, the portion of the order dated 20.06.2026 passed in I.D. No. 01/2025 at Annexure-M, whereby the Labor Court holds that the respondent-workman may press I.A. No. 1 from the date of application till the decision on the preliminary issue, is hereby set aside. 5. Resultantly, the petition stands allowed. Sd/- (JYOTI M) JUDGE SS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 14