DANGKWANG PRECISION INDIA PVT. LTD. vs LOKKALYAN MAZDOOR UNION

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wp10836-2018.doc AGK IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.10836 OF 2018 ATUL Dangkwang Precision India Pvt. Ltd. GANESH KULKARNI Plot No.D 82, MIDC, Ranjangaon, Digitally signed by ATUL GANESH KULKARNI Taluka Shirur, District Pune 412 220 … Petitioner Date: 2025.11.20 13:24:03 +0530 V/s. Dangkwang Precision Employees Union, C/o. Deepak Sahebrao Gangawane, Near Marathi School No.5, Mumbai Bazaar, Taluka Shirur, District Pune 412 210 … Respondent Mr. A.D. Patwardhan with Mr. T.R. Yadav for the petitioner. Mr. Nitin A. Kulkarni for the respondent. CORAM : AMIT BORKAR, J. RESERVED ON : NOVEMBER 14, 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : NOVEMBER 20, 2025 JUDGMENT: 1. The petitioner has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India. The challenge is to the Award dated 29 March 2018 passed by the Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal, Pune in Reference (IT) No. 30 of 2015. 2. The relevant facts are simple. The petitioner is a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956. It runs a factory at 1 wp10836-2018.doc Ranjangaon, Pune and manufactures precision goods. The respondent is a registered trade union under the Trade Unions Act, 1926. It represents eighteen workmen employed in the petitioner’s establishment. 3. On 30 December 2014, the respondent union submitted a charter of demands to the petitioner. The petitioner did not respond. The union raised an industrial dispute before the Conciliation Officer. Upon failure of conciliation, the Appropriate Government made a reference on 20 June 2015 to the Industrial Tribunal, Pune regarding the said charter of demands. The union filed its statement of claim on 12 August 2015. The petitioner filed its written statement on 14 October 2015 an