S.C. Dharmadhikari, J.

1. By this Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner challenges the order passed by the 2nd respondent dismissing the complaint preferred by the petitioner.

2. The impugned order is passed by the Deputy Registrar, Trade Unions, a Authority under the Trade Unions Act, 1926, Nashik Division, Nashik in Original Application No. 128 of 2005 and dated 31st December, 2005.

3. The only question that requires an answer in this Petition is whether the Federation of Labour Law Practitioners’ Association, respondent no. 3 to this Petition, can obtain registration under the Trade Unions Act, 1926 (for short, ‘the said Act’) on the basis that it is a Trade Union as defined in Section 2 clause (h) of the said Act.

4. The petitioner, a practicing advocate and registered with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, has filed this Petition impleading the State of Maharashtra, the 2nd respondent an authority vested with the power to register Trade Unions under the said Act, the 3rd respondent-Federation and equally, the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa and the Bar Council of India.

5. The petitioner states that the position and status of an