( 1 ) THE Deputy Assistant Quarter-master-general, Bangalore, representing the Management of Station Canteen, Cubbon Road, Bangalore (hereinafter referred to as the management) has filed the above writ petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, for and on behalf of the management, questioning the validily of the award passed by the Presiding officer. Labour Court, Bangalore, in Ref. No. 73 of 1968.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to the above writ petition are as follows: Pursuant to certain demands which were put forward on behalf of certain persons working in the canteen run by the management, conciliation proceedings were taken up bv the concerned Labour Officer, Bangalore sometime during the year 1966. The said proceedings having ended in failure, the matter was reported to the Government of Mysore. Thereafter, the government of Mysore made a reference under sub-sec. (1) of S. 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) to the labour Court at Bangalore, for adjudication of the points of dispute between the management and its workmen as per GO. No. FEL 162 LLD 68 dt. 4-11-1968. On receipt of the reference, the Labour Court issued n