Judgment

CHINNAPPA REDDY, J.:- On April 3, 1984, the management of the Hissar Textile Mills, Hissar, gave notice of its intention to close down the mill to the Government of Haryana under S. 25-FFF of the Industrial Disputes Act. The mill was closed down with effect from June 3, 1984. Over 3000 workmen were affected as a result of the closure of the mill. The workmen filed a writ petition in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana which was dismissed in limine. The present petition for special leave to appeal has been filed under Art. 136 of the Constitution. We issued notice not only to the management of the mills but also to the Central Government and State Government in order to spare no effort to re-start the mill. Our efforts at persuasion having failed, we heard the special leave petition on merits. Two points were raised by the learned counsel, for the petitioners. The first was that a direction should be issued to the Central Government to take appropriate action under S. 18-AA(b) of the Industries (Development. and, Regulation) Act. The second was that the management. should be directed to pay retrenchment compensation under the main clause of S. 25-FFF(1) of the Industrial Di