NAGARATHNA. J

1. The Karnataka Government Insurance Department (hereinafter, referred to as the "KGID” for the sake of brevity) has assailed the order of the learned Single Judge dated 07/01/2002 passed in W.P.No.29154/99. By the said order, it has been held that the appellant herein, who was the petitioner before the learned Single Judge, is an "Industry", within the meaning of Section unamended 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter, referred to as the “I.D.Act", for the sake of brevity).

2. The relevant facts leading up to the filing of this appeal are that the Government of Karnataka being of the opinion that an industrial dispute existed between the workmen and management of the KGID, by order dated 26/10/1994, referred the following points of dispute to the Industrial Tribunal, Bangalore, for adjudication under Section 10(1) of the I.D.Act:-

1) Whether the withholding of payment of bonus from 1980 to the workers of the Karnataka Government Insurance Department Workers Association working with the Director, Karnataka Government Insurance Department, Bangalore, is in accordance with law?

2) If not, to what relief the workers in question are entitled to