LINGARAJA RATH, J.

( 1 ) WHETHER an Advocate is eligible to appear before the Industrial Tribunal on behalf of a party in an Industrial dispute in his capacity as the Joint Honorary secretary of the Federation of Ahdhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and industry, and whether the federation is an Association of employers or is a federation of Associations of employers, are the questions arising for decision in this case.

( 2 ) APPEARANCE of the counsel, Sri C. V. Mohan Reddy having not been entertained by the Tribunal, the 1st respondent-Electricity Board had come before mis Court in Writ Petition No. 11101 of 1993 which was disposed of with the direction, while remanding the matter to the Tribunal, to ascertain after taking evidence as to the status of the Federation of A. P. Chamber of Commerce and Industry as an Association of employers or a Federation of Associations of employers and as to the nature of the office held by Sri C. V. Mohan Reddy. The tribunal after taking evidence came to the conclusion of Mr. Reddy being not an Officer of the Federation, and the Federation itself being not a Federation of associations of employers and held Mr. Reddy as ineligible to appear to suppo

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