Judgment

GOSWAMI, J.:- The appellant, the Paradip Port Trust, is a major port governed by the provisions of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 and is managed by a Board of Trustees constituted under the provisions of the said Act. Under Section 5 of the said Act the Board of Trustees is a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of the Act, to acquire, hold or dispose of property and may sue or be sued in the name of the Board. An industrial dispute was raised by the Paradip Shramik Congress representing the workmen with regard to the termination of the services of one Nityananda Behera, a temporary teacher in the Paradip Port Trust High School. The dispute was referred to the Industrial Tribunal (Central) Bhubaneswar, Orissa, under Sec. 10 (1) (d) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1974 (briefly the Act).

2. The respondents (hereinafter to be referred to as the Union) appeared before the Tribunal through the Adviser and General Secretary of Paradip Shramik Congress. The appellant sought to be represented before the Tribunal through Shri T. Misra, Advocate, who was a "Legal Consultant" of the Trust. The appellant filed their authori