DECISION The respondents 41 in number filed petition before the Labour Court No. VI Hyderabad against Hydri Ghee Industries Ltd; for payment of their bonus and the gratuity as arrears of Land Revenue under section 51 of the I.R.O. The Hydri Ghee Company filed an application during the proceedings that the petition of the workers be rejected under Order '.. Rule 11. It has been held by this Tribunal in several matters that the orders and Rules in Civil Procedure Code are not applicable to proceedings under the I.R.O. And the Civil Procedure Code is only to be referred in the matters requiring attendance of witness etc; for adjudicating and determining any Industrial Dispute under section 36 of the I.R.O. It has been held in several decisions that Order 7, Rule 11 is outside the scope of the jurisdiction of the Labour Court as the questions involved in the petitions are generally mixed questions of law and fact which can be decided after recording of evidence.
2. Another petition was filed by the company that the Written Statement sworn before the Oath Commissioner instead of before the Officer of the Court should have been accepted by the Labour Court. Any Written Statement sworn before the Oath Commissioner has to be on stamp paper while the affidavit sworn before the Officer of the Court for the purpose of immediate filing does not require any stamp and is more authentic. It was, therefore, rightly ordered that the affidavit in the course of the proceedings before the Labour Court should be sworn before the Court Officer appointed for the purpose.
3. I can see no impropriety or illegality in respect of this or the other order regarding rejection of the plaint. This Revision Application is accordingly dismissed in limine.