Judgement

VAIDIALINGAM, J. :- This appeal, by the Management concerned, by special leave, is directed against the judgment of the Mysore High Court, dated October 23, 1964, dismissing Writ Petition No. 1985 of 1964, and declining to issue a writ of prohibition, restraining the second respondent, the Industrial Tribunal, Bangalore-1, from proceeding with the adjudication, in I. D. No. 8 of 1963. The short facts, leading up to the State of Mysore, making the reference which is the subject of adjudication, by the second respondent, in I. D. No. 8 of 1963, are as follows :

2. The appellant is a textile mill, in Bangalore, manufacturing cotton, silk and cotswool piece-goods. After the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 (Act XX of 1946) (hereinafter to be referred to as the Standing Orders Act), came into force, the standing orders of the appellant s establishment were duly drawn up, and certified by the authorities. Those standing orders, among other things related to the question of leave to be granted to the workmen. By its order, dated August 2, 1955, the Government of Mysore referred to the Industrial Tribunal, Bangalore, for adjudication an industrial dispute raised by