JUDGMENT

M.K. Mukherjee, J.-Leave granted.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated April 26, 1996 of the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) in W.P. (Crl.) No. 167 of 1995 whereby it rejected the writ petition filed by the two appellants before us. Facts leading to this appeal and relevant for its disposal are as under.

3. At all material times the appellant No.1, who is an Officer of the Indian Administrative Service, was holding the post of the Vice Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation ( Corporation for short) on deputation and appellant No. 2 was the Manager of its Nagpur region. On or about April 1, 1992 two recognised Workers Unions of the Corporation gave a joint notice terminating their earlier settlement with the Corporation and submitted their fresh charter of demands. On the failure of the management of the Corporation to attend to their demands the Unions served a notice upon the former intimating that the workers would go on strike from the midnight of April 12/13, 1993. A similar notice was also given by The Maharashtra S.T. Chalak Wahak Sanghatna, the respondent No. 2 herein, (hereinafter referred to as th