Judgment - Chagla, C.J.

1. This is an application made by the employees of the Raja Bahadur Motilal Poona Mills, Ltd., which is opponent No. 1, under Articles. 226 and 227 of the Constitution for a writ against the Labour Appellate Tribunal. It appears that on 29-8-1951, notice was given by opponent No. 1 Mills that weavers will be required to work on four looms instead of two looms. Pursuant to this notice, there was a cessation of work by the weavers from September 6. Opponent No. 1 Mills made an application to the Labour Court that the cessation of work by the weavers constituted an illegal strike, and the weavers on their part made an application to the Labour Court that the cessation of work constituted an illegal lock-out, and they also contended that no notice had been given of the change by the Mills as required by Section 42, Bombay Industrial Relations Act, and therefore the change made was an illegal change.

Petitioner No. 1 is a weaver and petitioner No. 2 is the Poona Girni Kamgar Union. The Labour Court held that there was neither an illegal strike nor an illegal lock-out, but there was an illegal change brought about by the Mills. From this decision an appeal was pre

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