MACHNEILL ENGINEERING LTD vs THE ASSISTANT LABOUR COMMISSIONER CENTRAL KARNAL CUM CONTROLLING AUTHORITY AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-17861-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 27.05.2026 M/s Macneill Engineering Ltd. ….Petitioner Versus The Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Karnal cum Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, Karnal and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Raj Kaushik, Advocate, and Mr. Subhash Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ashish Kapoor, Advocate, and Mr. M.S. Rana, Advocate, for respondent No.2. **** KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral) 1. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the instant writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Appellate Authority, by filing statutory appeal(s) against the impugned order. 2. The asked for request is accepted. 3. Dismissed as withdrawn, with the liberty as prayed for. 4. However, in the event, the petitioner prefers an appeal, accompanied by an application for condonation of delay, within a month from today, the Appellate Authority shall consider and decide the same, keeping in view the fact that the petitioner was pursuing the matter before this Court, most expeditiously. (KULDEEP TIWARI) J