( 1 ) ARE Labour Courts/tribunals empowered to declare disciplinary action taken against a workman abinitiovold and, without examining the matter further, set aside the punishment imposed on such a workman by his employer, solely on the ground that a copy of the enquiry report had not been furnished and an opportunity to submit his objections thereto has been denied to the delinquent workman? this is the question which falls for consideration in this writ petition.

( 2 ) THE facts, to the extent necessary, are that the Government of India, vide proceedings dated 10-7-1991, referred the following dispute between the management of State Bank of India (hereinafter referred to as the employer ) and their workmen to the industrial Tribunal, (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal ), for adjudication:"whether the action of the management of State Bank of India, Regional Office, visakhapatnam in imposing the punishment of stoppage of two increments by way of cancellation with cumulative effect on Sri Barnalasankara rao, Messenger, in the Srikakulam branch, vide their order No. (3-0)/dpc/ vsp/rii/139 dated 14-11-1985 was justified? If not, to what relief the said workman is entitled to?"

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