The action of the Deputy Registrar of Trade Unions and Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Sangareddy (hereinafter called the “Registrar”), in cancelling the registration certificate of the petitioner-trade union vide proceedings dated 13.06.2013, is under challenge in this Writ Petition as being arbitrary, illegal, and in violation of the provisions of the Trade Unions Act, 1926 (for brevity, ‘the Act’). A consequential direction is sought to the third respondent to conduct an enquiry as per law after giving the petitioner-union an opportunity of being heard.

The petitioner Union submitted an application dated 02.10.2012, for registration of their Trade Union, under Regulation 3 of the A.P. Trade Unions Regulations, 1927. The said application was received by the office of the Registrar on 16.10.2012. The Registrar issued a Certificate of Registration of the Trade Union, in Form-C in terms of the Regulation 5(1), bearing No.A/T.U/99/2012 dated 18.10.2012. Soon thereafter, on 25.10.2012 and 26.10.2012, 88 workers of the 4th respondent submitted individual letters informing the 3rd respondent that they were not the members of the Union, their I.D. Cards and other documents were