CIVIL SERVICES OFFICERS INSTITUTE THROUGH ITS GENERAL MANAGER vs RANJAN KUMAR ROUT

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 26th March, 2025 CM(M) 679/2023 & CM APPL. 21026/2023 CIVIL SERVICES OFFICERS INSTITUTE THROUGH ITS GENERAL MANAGER .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anushuman Sharma & Mr. Azaz Ahmed, Advocates versus RANJAN KUMAR ROUT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Avtar Singh and Mr. Arjun Dhamija, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. The petitioner-management is aggrieved by order dated 18.11.2022 whereby learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court-IX has directed them to place on record certain documents. The management had also moved an application before the learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court-IX seeking review of the aforesaid order and even prayed for modification that they may be permitted to place on record such documents, only after the completion of workman’s evidence and cross-examination. Such application has also been dismissed. 2. Such orders are under challenge. 3. The prime contention coming from the side of the management is that the application in question could not have been treated as one filed under Section 11 (3) of Industrial Disputes Act and, therefore, there could not have been any di