JUDGMENT - B.N. SRIKRISHNA, J. :---This writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India impugns an order dated 17th December, 1988, made by the Labour Court, Sangli, holding charge of Labour Court, Kolhapur, in Application (LCK) No. 4 of 1988 under the provisions of the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act).

2. The first petitioner is the Managing Director, the second petitioner the Chairman and the rest of the petitioners are Directors of the Co-operative Society which runs a textile Mill at Ichalkaranji. The second respondent is a registered and representative Union of the employees in the concerned local area. The Fourth respondent is another Union which represents the employees working in the textile Mills in the same local area.

3. The second respondent made an Application (B.I.R) No. 4 of 1988 under section 78 (1) A (C) of the Act to the Labour Court at Kolhapur. The Kolhapur Zilla Shetkari Vinkari Sahakari Soot Girani Limited and the Managing Director of the said Co-operative Textile Mill were both impleaded as party Opponents to the said application. The grievance made in the application, in substance, was that som

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