ORDER

Mumbai Mazdoor Sabha (Union for short) made an application under Sec. 11 of the Maharashtra Recognition. of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971, (Art for short) to the Industrial Court at Bombay which was registered as Application (MRTU) No. 24 of 1982. This application was rejected by the Industrial Court as per its order dated March 25, 1983. The Union sought special leave to appeal against the decision of the Industrial Court under Article 136 of the Constitution. Special leave to appeal was granted on April 20, 1983.

2. It transpired during the course of bearing that there was an uninterrupted strike spreading over a period of 600 days and no fruitful negotiation took place as the parties concentrated their energies on the question whether the appellant-Union can get a status of a recognised Union under the Act.

3. Keeping open the question whether the Union is entitled to recognition under the Act, it was suggested to the parties that they should strive to narrow the differences by talking across the table and with this end in view Mr. B. N. Srikrishna who appeared for the respondent-Company agreed to write a letter to the appellant-Union to mee