Judgment

BHAGWATI, J.:- The appellant is a limited liability company carrying on business of running a cotton textile mill in Kanpur. The workmen employed by the appellant are affiliated to two unions, some to Lakshmi Rattan Mazdoor Panchayat and others to Lakshmi Rattan Shramik Union. We are concerned in this appeal with Lakshmi Rattan Mazdoor Panchayat (hereinafter referred to as the Mazdoor Panchayat as that is the union which has the majority membership of the workmen

2. It appears that there were disputes between the appellant and its workmen in regard to various industrial matters and these disputes were settled by an agreement dated 25th November, 1971 made between the appellant and the Mazdoor Panchayat and registered under S. 6-B of the U. P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the U. P. Act). Clause (2) of the Agreement provided that "the Union will not give any notice for strike for one year from today s date". There were other clauses in the Agreement which imposed. obligations on the appellant, but in the view we are taking, it is not necessary to spend any time in referring to them. Suffice it to state that the dispute between the parties in regard