JUDGMENT

Faizan Uddin, J.-The parties in the aforementioned Civil Appeal and the Writ Petition are the same with the distinction that in the Civil Appeal, the appellants have challenged the order dated July 17, 1995 passed by a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court, Bench Lucknow, dismissing the Writ Petition No. 1662 (M/B) of 1995, filed by the appellants on the ground that the same was not maintainable as the earlier Writ Petition no. 400 (S/B) of 1995 was dismissed as withdrawn without permission to file a fresh petition for the same relief. While the Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India pertains to the relief for quashing of the letter dated May 3, 1995 issued by the respondents to the General Secretary of the SBI Staff Association, Lucknow Circle and also for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents not to interfere with the affairs of the petitioner Association and to negotiate with the appellant/petitioner No. 2 Mr. M.R. Awasthy who claims to be the General Secretary of the Staff Association. The appellants and the petitioners being the same, they shall hereinafter be referred to as the appellants.

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