JUDGMENT - V.C. DAGA, J:---Heard. Rule returnable forthwith. Respondent waives service.

2. The petition in question is directed against the interim order dated 20th December, 1999, passed by the Industrial Court, Thane, refusing to grant interim relief under section 30(2) of the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as "MRTU PULP Act" for short).

3. The petitioner is a registered trade union recognised under the provisions of MRTU PULP Act and represent all the workmen employed in the Switchgear factory at Thane run by the respondent/company. The respondent/company is a public limited company having its registered office and its factory at 2nd Pokhran Road, Thane. The company is engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of electrical switchgears, panels and other accessories having 560 employees including supervisors and managerial staff.

4. The present controversy involved in the petition relates to the mode and manner of effecting revision in canteen rates, which had been fixed by the respondent/company as back as in 1972, which were not thereafter revised.

5. The petitioner claimed th

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