JUDGMENT : I.P. Mukerji, J. The very interesting point is raised by Mr. Anant Kumar Shaw, learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner. 2. He questions the jurisdiction of the learned Labour Court to entertain an alleged dispute raised by the respondents/workmen, under Section 10(1B)(a) of the Industrial Disputes Act. Under this Section pendency of a conciliation proceeding and absence of a settlement within a period of sixty days from the raising of a dispute is a sine qua non for invoking the jurisdiction of the learned Court. Mr. Anant Kumar Shaw, learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that in this case the petitioner employer did not receive even a notice of any conciliation proceeding having been started. Furthermore, the Conciliation Officer has to give certificate to this effect under the said Section read with Rule 12A of the West Bengal Industrial Disputes Rules, 1958. No such certificate is on record, as submitted. The required application in Form-T has not been filed. 3. According to the respondents/workmen the Form-T was lodged after initiation of proceedings by the learned Labour Court. 4. I do not agree with the reason advanced by the learned judge of the 2nd Labour Court in his order dated 20th April, 2012 that the issue was hyper-technical. Admittedly the Form-T was filed after initiation of proceedings before the learned Labour Court. It is like filing the plaint in the Court after an interim order has been passed by it. The learned Labour Court had no jurisdiction, in my opinion in trying the proceedings. This inherent lack of jurisdiction could not be cured subsequent filing of Form-T. 5. For those reasons the order of the 2nd Labour Court dated 20th April, 2012 is set aside. This will not prevent the respondents/workmen from taking out a fresh proceeding in accordance with law. 6. This writ application is allowed to the above extent. 7. Urgent certified photocopy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the partied on priority basis.