ORDER :

1. Petitioner-M/s Bata India Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Management’ for short) has called in question reference made by the appropriate Government referring the dispute to the Industrial Tribunal at Bangalore (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’ for short) for adjudication of its order dated 31.03.2015.

2. The brief facts for filing the present writ petition, as borne out from the pleadings, are as follows:-

The petitioner claims to be a company incorporated and engaged in manufacture and sale of footwear in various parts of the country. It transpires that one Sri. D.C. Chikke Gowda (hereinafter referred to as ‘the workman’ for short) was appointed as Machine Operator in Grade-C, on 1-3-1993 and was placed on probation for a period of six months’ and confirmed thereafter on 1-9-1993. The workman was also a member of the Bata Employees’ Association. Alleging that the workman had indulged in certain acts of misconduct under the Standing Orders, two charge-sheets were issued against the workman on 4-1-2000 and 13-5-2000, prior to which the workman was placed under suspension on 1-2-2000.

3. The allegations against the workman and several others were that the wo