Short Note : 1. It is settled that once the Labour Court goes into the merits of the misconduct on a challenge raised on that account, it would be competent to pass a final order of punishment even though the original departmental enquiry suffered from the infirmity that it had been initiated by an authority incompetent to impose the punishment. R.K. Nair vs. General Manager, Bhilai Steel Plant, Hindustan Steel Limited, Bhilai and Another, 1977 JLJ 792 , relied on. Petition dismissed.