JUDGMENT- F.I. REBELLO, J.:--- The petitioners have approached this Court against the order dated 29th July, 1999 whereby the Industrial Court has allowed the Complaint (ULP) No. 214 of 1998 filed by the Mill Mazdoor Sabha, the recognised Union. The Industrial Court has held that the petitioners herein are engaged in unfair labour practices, set out under Items 9 and 10 of Schedule IV of the M.R.T.U. PULP Act and therefore directed the petitioners to cease and desist from the unfair labour practices. The petitioners have also been directed to lift the lock-out effected from 20th February, 1998 in the establishment within a period of 48 hours from the instant declaration. The petitioners have been further directed to pay wages along with the monetary benefits from the date of imposition of the lock-out till the date of their resuming normal duties, along with interest at 12% p.a. deducting therefrom any payment made against the wages during the said period, if any. By the same order Complaint (ULP) No. 273 of 1998 filed by some workers has been dismissed as not maintainable.

The workmen whose complaint was dismissed had filed a writ petition before this Court being Writ Petition No

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