Judgment

SHARMA, J.:- This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of the Allahabad High Court: (reported in 1983 Lab IC 1548 (All) dismissing the appellants writ petition challenging an award of the Industrial Tribunal.

2. The appellant was working as an Assistant Cashier in the Rampur Zila Sahkari Bank Ltd., when a reference of an industrial dispute was made under S. 4-A of the U. P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the U. P. Act). The provisions of the U. P. Act relevant to the present case are similar to those of the Central Act, that is, the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Section 4-A of the U. P. Act, like the corresponding S. 10 of the Central Act, empowers the State Government to refer industrial disputes to Labour Courts or Tribunals. During the pendency of the reference the appellant was put under suspension and served with a charge-sheet in February 1976, which was followed by a domestic inquiry leading to the dismissal of the appellant from service on 16-8-1976. The U. P. Act in Ss. 6-E and 6-F incorporates provisions similar to those in Ss. 33 and 33-A of the Central Act. The appellant filed a complaint under S. 6-F of the U. P. A