JUDGMENT

J.S. Khehar, J.

1. The Appellant before this Court is the management/industry. It has approached this Court, to assail the competence of the Respondents (who are the workmen) to be represented before the Industrial Tribunal, Meerut (hereafter referred to as 'the Tribunal'), through five of the Respondents/workmen (Dharam Singh, Sanjay Nagar, Ranveer Nagar, Pratap Singh and Dhanpat Singh) out of the 113 workmen who were agitating the industrial dispute before the said Tribunal.

2. Originally, the cause of the Respondents-workmen was espoused by the Noida Engineering Mazdoor Sangh. However, consequent upon the de-recognition of the aforesaid Union in 2003, the Management i.e. the Appellant before us, raised an objection that the cause of Respondent-workmen could no longer be presented through the Noida Engineering Mazdoor Sangh. The Appellant management accordingly prayed that the Industrial Tribunal, should not proceed with the adjudication of the matter. On account of the submission, that the representation of the Respondents-workmen before the Industrial Tribunal, could only be in consonance with Section 6-I of the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter ref