Judgment

VAIDIALINGAM, J.: In this appeal by special leave, the appellant challenges the order of the Allahabad High Court dated May 11, 1967 dismissing Civil Miscelleneous Writ Petition No. 1647 of 1967.

2. The facts leading up to the filing of the said writ petition by the appellant under Article 226 of the Constitution may be briefly stated. The appellant is an existing company under the Companies Act, 1956, and has its registered office at Calcutta. The company was and is being managed by Martin Burn Ltd., Secretaries and Treasurers. The Company carries on the business of generation, distribution and supply of electricity within its licensed area in the city of Agra and its environs in the State of Uttar Pradesh. On a reference made by the Government of Uttar Pradesh regarding a dispute that had arisen between the electricity undertakings managed by Martin Burn Ltd., of which the appellant was one, and their workmen about the demand of the workmen for supply of uniforms, free of charge the Chairman, Martin Electricity Supply Company Adjudication Board made an award on February 20, 1947 in and by which certain types of workmen were directed to be supplied with uniforms. The said a