ORDER

1. THESE SPECIAL LEAVE PETITIONS ARE AGAINST AN ORDER DATED 18-12-2003 PASSED ON A REVIEW PETITION AND AN ORDER DATED 31-5-2002. AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 31-5-2002 A SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION HAD ALREADY BEEN FILED. THAT STOOD DISMISSED. AFTER THE SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION WAS DISMISSED, AN APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF ORDER DATED 31-5-2002 WAS TILED BEFORE THE HIGH COURT. THE HIGH COURT HAS THUS DISMISSED THE REVIEW PETITION. NOW, NOT ONLY THE ORDER ON THE REVIEW PETITION BUT THE ORDER DATED 31-5-2002. AGAINST WHICH A SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION HAS ALREADY BEEN DISMISSED, ARE SOUGHT TO BE ASSAILED.

2. RELIANCE IS PLACED UPON THE ORDERS OF THIS COURT IN THE CASE OF INDIAN SYSTEM OF M. & H. COUNCIL EMPS. ASSN. V. UNION OF INDIA1. THIS SLP WAS AGAINST THE SAME ORDERS I.E. ORDER DATED 18-12-2003 AND ORDER DATED 31-5-2002. THIS COURT, WITHOUT ISSUING NOTICE TO THE OTHER SIDE, APPEARS TO HAVE PASSED AN ORDER, INTER ALIA, IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

“WE THINK IT APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE TO LEAVE LIBERTY WITH THEIR PETITIONERS TO WORK OUT THEIR RIGHTS, IF ANY, BASED UPON THE SAID BYE-LAWS IN THE MANNER KNOWN TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, DEHORS THE PRINCIPLE OF PARITY OF