HAFFKINE BIO-PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION EMPLOYEES UNION vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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Digitally signed by ARUNA ARUNA SANDEEP SANDEEP TALWALKAR TALWALKAR Date: 2025.12.24 19:11:02 +0530 913.WP4562.2025.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4562 OF 2025 Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceuticals Corporation Employees’ Union (Through its General Secretary) C/o. Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd., Acharya Donde Marg, Parel- Mumbai 400 012. … Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra Having Office address at: Office of the Government Pleader, High Court, Mumbai 400 023. 2. The Deputy Commissioner of Labour (Conciliation), Kamgarbhavan, Block(E.), C-20, Bandra Kurla Complex, Opp. Reserve Bank, Near City Park, Bandra, Mumbai 400 051. 3. Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd., (Through its Managing Director) Acharya Donde Marg, Parel- Mumbai 400 012. … Respondents. --- Mr. Shailesh K. More, Advocate for Petitioner. Mrs. N.R. Patankar, Advocate for Respondent No. 3. Ms. Vrushali Kabre, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2/State. --- CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. DATE : 18th DECEMBER, 2025 Talwalkar 1 913.WP4562.2025.odt JUDGEMENT : (PER RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J) 1. Leave to delete Respondent No. 4, being a formal party. Deletion permitted. Deletion be carried out forthwith. 2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally with the consent of the parties. 2. The Petitioner Union raised its demands on the Respondent No. 3 Employer. Copies of the demands were served upon the Respondent No. 2, Conciliation Officer. After receiving the demands, Respondent No. 2 did not indulge into the matter and did not initiate any Conciliation proceedings on the ground that the Application was not in proper form. A meeting termed as ‘Personal Management Advisory Services’ (‘PMAS’), was arran