JUDGMENT - M.N. CHANDURKAR, J.:---The petitioner Company in this petition is challenging an order made by the Industrial Tribunal, Bombay, declining to grant approval under section 33(2)(b) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") to the order of discharge made by the petitioner company discharging respondent No. 1 (hereinafter referred to as "the employee") from employment after the charges framed against her were proved at a domestic enquiry.

2. Charges of disobedience of the orders of superior officers and her behaviour being subsersive of discipline behaviour were held to have been proved by the Enquiry Officer who forwarded his report to the Commercial Manager of the petitioner company. The Commercial Manager made an order on 8th of March, 1976 that the employee should be discharged from the services of the company forthwith. In reaching this conclusion, the Commercial Manager found that the employee had been earlier warned for disobeying the lawful and reasonable orders of the Chief Accountant.

3. On 9th of March, 1976 a communication was sent to the employee by one Jog, General Sales Manager, who was acting as Administration Manager, in wh

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