JUDGMENT :

1. The writ petition raises an interesting question of law under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 whether the employees working in the Head office of an industrial unit situated at Worli should be given parity in he scale of pay and other benefits given to the workmen and the subordinate staff employed in the factory situated at Chandivali of the same concern.

2. The industrial Worker's Union, which is a Trade Union registered under the Trade Unions Act 1926, has filed this writ petition praying that the clerical and the subordinate staff of M/s. Hindustan Transmission Products limited working at the Company's Head Office at Shivsagar Estate, Worli, be given the same wage Scales, dearness allowance and other benefits as enjoyed by the clerical and subordinate staff employed at the Company's factory, at Chandivali. The Petitioners have, therefore, prayed that the Award of the industrial Tribunal dated 11th November 1985 bearing (IT) No. 66 of 1984 be set aside in so far as it rejects the demand of the clerical and subordinate staff employed in the head office of the said company on account of wage scale, dearness allowance and other benefits and that they be given the same