Judgment

VAIDIALINGAM, J.:- These two appeals, by certificate, are directed against the common order dated November 17, 1967, passed by the Mysore High Court dismissing Writ petitions Nos. 627 and 650 of 1966.

2. We will briefly refer to the facts leading up to the filing of the Writ Petitions by the appellants. Disputes having arisen between the workmen and the management- regarding emoluments, transfer of. termination of services of and suspension of certain workmen, the State Government by its order dated October 23, 1965, referred the same for adjudication to the Industrial Tribunal, Bangalore. These disputes were registered by the Tribunal as I. D. Nos. 40 and 47 of 1965. There was rivalry between two groups of persons for the office bearership of the union, which had been registered under the Trade Union Act. Sannaiah represented one group and claimed to be the President of the union; while respondents 3 to 9 herein claimed to be the office bearers of the union. These respondents 3 to 9 represented the rival one group. The 4th respondent, Rangaiah, filed a suit, O.S. No. 962 of 1965, on the file of the First Munsiff, Mysore, against Sannaiah and certain others for a declaration