Judgment

DESAI, J. :- Socio-economic justice, the cornerstone of industrial jurisprudence to be achieved by the process of give and take, concessions and adjustments of conflicting claims would hardly advance if the industrial dispute involved in this appeal by special leave brought by the appellant M/s. Avon Services (Production Agencies) Pvt. Ltd. canvassing some technical legal nicety rendering the two employees jobless for more than seven years is encouraged. A brief recital of a few facts touching upon the controversy would reveal the arena of dispute. The appellant is a Private Limited Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, and is engaged in the business of manufacturing Fire Fighters Foam Compound. It has set up two factories, one at Bombay and the other at Ballabhgarh. The industrial dispute which is the subject-matter of appeal relates to Ballabhagarh factory. According to the appellant this factory, when commissioned in 1962, was divided into two sections, now styled as two separate undertakings; (i) manufacturing section; and (ii) packing material making section. The manufacturing section comprised two sub-sections, viz., the chemical section, i.e. Foam Compo