K. BHASKARAN, C. J.

( 1 ) WHAT in effect and substance, the order of reference made by the Division Bench on 20-12-1978 demands is an examination, by this Full Bench of five judges, of the correctness of the view expressed concurrently by two Full Benches of this Court (reported in Visakhapatnam District Marketing Co-operative Society Ltd. v. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, (1977) 1 APLJ (HC) 160 : (1977 Lab IC 959) and Sri Brindavan Hotel v. Conciliation Officer, (1977) 2 APLJ (HC) 78 : (1977 Lab IC 1572), (hereinafter referred to respectively as the First Full Bench and the Second Full Bench) on which considerable reliance is placed by the Writ Petitioners, that the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishments (Act XV) of 1966, (the Central Act XIV) of 1947 (the I. D. Act) would have no application, to a dispute, arising out of the terminations of the service of an employee in an establishment/shop, answering the description of those terms, as defined in Sub-Ss. (10) and (21) of S. 2 of the Shops Act not sponsored by a Union or a group of workmen.

( 2 ) THE Writ Petitions are by the managements of certain establishments/shops; and the contesting respondents are the employee

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