Mukhi J. – By this Civil Application under Article 226 of the Constitution the petitioners, 20th Century-Fox Corporation (India) Private Limited, seek to challenge the validity of the order passed by the Industrial Tribunal, Bombay, dated October 16, 1972, whereby the previous order passed on July 12, 1972 was maintained by the Tribunal. It is to be noticed that the order relates to an application made by the Union – the Foreign film Distributors Union – for production of certain documents.

2. The short facts are that by an order dated November 5, 1971 the Government of Maharashtra referred the industrial dispute between the petitioners and the workmen employed under them in relation to the demands specified in the schedule. It is necessary to notice that the first demand was for grades and scales of pay ; the second for reclassification and up-grading ; the third for application of the grades and scales of pay and adjustment thereof ; the fourth for annual increments ; the fifth for dearness allowance ‘ the sixth for officiating allowance ; the seventh for overtime allowance ; the eighth for traveling allowance ‘ the ninth for medical relief; the tenth for leave and the ele