Judgment

DWIVEDI, J.:- The appellant is the Hindustan Lever Ltd. Ghaziabad. One P. P. Jude was employed as Incharge of the Animal Feeding Stuff Department in the factory at Ghaziabad. On April 10, 1967 he was transferred as In-charge to the Engineering Store Section. There are four grades of technical employees in the factory. The grades are called as Grade T 1, Grade T 2. Grade T 3, and Grade T 4. When P. P. Jude was working as In-charge of the Animal Feeding Stuff Department, he was in Grade T. 3. He was claiming to be placed in Grade T 4, a higher grade. So there were tow disputes in regard to his employment: (1) about his transfer from the Animal Feeding Stuff Department to the Engineering Store Section; and (2) about his being given Grade T 4. These disputes were referred by the State Government for adjudication to Labour Court, Meerut, on December 30, 1967.

2. Labour Court framed five issues. One of them is: Whether P. P. Jude was not placed in Grade T-4 because of his trade union activities? It is not necessary to mention the other issues. Labour Court found that there was no evidence to show that he was victimized for his trade union activities. On merits. Labour Court seems