The present respondent employer challenged the said order of the Labour Court in the High Court by filing a writ petition and the learned Single Judge stayed the direction of reinstatement, but directed the employer to companyply with the provisions of Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act, which obliges the employer to pay the workman at the same rate which he was drawing when his services were terminated.
Against this order of the learned Single Judge, the employer moved an appeal before the Division Bench and the Division Bench by the impugned order reversed the order of the learned Single Judge on the ground that the very dispute itself was raised after inordinate delay.Leave granted.
