( 1 ) AT the time of preliminary hearing, this court ordered status quo and issued rule. The respondents 1 and 2 have immediately appeared and filed statement of objections with an application for vacating the order of status quo. After taking consent of the learned advocates on both the sides, the writ petition is heard on merits for final disposal.

( 2 ) THE facts of the case in brief are as under:the general secretary of the minerva mills now (national textile corporation) labour union has filed this writ petition under articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of india, for issue of an appropriate writ or Order, declaring that the first respondent should not coerce the petitioner to accept the proposed terms and conditions of the settlement as per Annexure 'd' and issue a mandamus to adopt the methods in accordance with law as contemplated under the Provisions of Industrial Disputes Act, instead of using violence and further to restrain the management from bringing 7,000 spindles along with the machineries and 200 permanent employees from the Mysore mills (hereinafter referred to 'as mills' ).

( 3 ) THE petitioner is a majority union in the minerva mills. Both