JUDGMENT - R.J. KOCHAR, J.:---The respondent Union expects from the petitioner company and demands that the Canteen Costs/prices of the following items should not be increased from the prevailing rates as stated below :

1. Mendu Wada 0.06 ps.

2. Idli 0.12 ps.

3. Jalebi 3 pc. 0.18 ps.

4. Upma 0.18 ps.

5. Poha 0.12 ps.

6. Un-limited

Veg. Lunch 0.50 ps.

7. Non-veg items

such as :

Mutton Curry

with Rice,

Chicken Curry

with Rice,

Fish Curry

with Rice, each 0.50 ps.

8. Mutton Curry

with Rice 0.75 ps.

9. Spl. Thali 0.75 ps.

10. Banana 0.06 ps.

The price list produced by the petitioner Company demonstrates that no food item is sold at a price more than rupee one. The respondent Union has very strongly opposed the notice of the petitioner company to increase the prices of food items sold in the Canteen on the ground that these prices were fixed under the bi-lateral settlement from 1978 onwards and that the petitioner Company cannot increase the price of any eatable item sold in the Canteen without the consent of the Union as provided under the settlement. It is the case of the Union that the subsidy which the petitioner Company has been giving in the

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