JUDGMENT

D.P. Wadhwa, J.-Leave granted.

2. Appellant Madan Pal Singh is aggrieved by judgment dated October 7, 1998 of the Allahabad High Court dismissing his writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution. In the writ petition he had challenged the Award dated January 31, 1992 of the Labour Court, Ghaziabad holding that there is no industrial dispute between him and the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) Ghaziabad.

3. By order dated September 16, 1988 State of UP referred the following question for adjudication by the Labour Court:-

"Whether the termination dated July 5. If we now refer to the Award dated January 31, 1992 it will be seen that application before the Conciliation Officer was filed by the appellant on May 20, 1986. The appellant had demanded for regularisation of his services. His services were terminated on July 8, 1986. He demanded from his employer, the NOIDA, on October 3, 1986 that he be taken back in service and paid full back wages. He termed his termination as unjustified and illegal. Since there was no response from the employers the appellant raised the industrial dispute. It was contended by the management that it was an Authority ru