Judgement

MITTER, J.:- This is an appeal by special leave from an award of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal, Rajasthan directing the reinstatement of one Bhisham Verma in the service of the appellant with full back wages.

2. The facts are as follows. The appellant is a public limited company with its registered office at Sawaimadhopur in the State of Rajasthan. It has a cement factory at the said place besides a limestone quarry at Pallodi situate at a distance of 24 Kms. from the cement factory. It has two separate sets of Standing Orders for the workmen employed in the factory and in the quarries. Both sets of Standing Orders were certified in accordance with the provisions of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946. The Standing Orders applicable to the workmen employed in the factory were certified in the year 1954 while those applicable to the workmen of the quarries were certified in the year 1961. Up to April 1967 both sets of Standing Orders provided for superannuation of the workmen at the age of 55 with a stipulation for extension up to 60 years if a workman was found fit to work. On a dispute having been raised for the raising of the age of superann