B. SUBHASHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THIS Writ Petition assails the Constitutional validity of Section 17-A of the industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ) and the consequent notification issued by the 2nd respondent-State Government in g. O. Ms. No. 2, Labour Department, dated 20-1-1994 in exercise of the powers under Section 17-A (1) of the Act stating that the award dated 1-9-1993 passed in I. D. No. 349 of 1994 (sic. 1991) shall not be enforceable for the reasons stated therein. The challenge is to the vires of the Section, which is the prime argument; the second argument being the unsustainabili ty of the reasons stated in the consequent notification as baseless and irrelevant.

( 2 ) THE petitioner-Tclugunadu Work-charged Employees State Federation, nalgonda District Unit-is a Trade Union and is the District Union of telugunadu Trade Union Council, having been registered under the Trade unions Act. It is stated that the petitioner comprises of 1,500 members and that the petitioner-Union has been looking after the welfare of the workmen, nagarjunasagar Project, Left Bank Canal, who are the members of the petitioner-Union.

( 3 ) WHEN the workmen working in var

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