JUDGMENT

Rajendra Babu, J.-The employees of the appellant-Corporation fall into three categories and they are (i) technical persons and Supervisors, (ii) ministerial staff and (iii) workmen. As regards the second category of employees a settlement was entered into on 3.9.1979 which was to be effective for a period of five years from 1.10.78. The said settlement also provided that the ministerial staff shall not make any claim or demand for the revision of any of the terms and conditions covered by the settlement or make any demand involving additional financial burden on the mills subject however to clause 5 of the settlement and a provision was also made for dearness allowance which would be in force for a period of three years from 1.10.1978. With regard to third category of employees the appellants entered into two settlements as a result of which workers agreed to work on seven-day-a-week-working system from 16.11.1980 thereby the weekly holiday stood changed and in addition certain increases in emoluments have been provided to them. The second category of employees-ministerial staff raised an industrial dispute which was referred by the Government of Karnataka on the following