JUDGMENT :

D.Y. Chandrachud, J.—These proceedings arise in an appeal against the Judgment dated December 1, 1999, of a learned single Judge of this Court in a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. The Petition was filed by the Appellant in Appeal No. 194 of 2000, Mukand Limited, against an Award of the Industrial Tribunal delivered on March 26, 1998 in Reference (IT) No. 3 of 1993. The Reference before the Industrial Tribunal arose out of the demands of the Union, the First Respondent before the Court in Appeal No. 441 of 2000. The Reference was made by the appropriate Government u/s 10(1)(d) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The learned single Judge having affirmed the award of the Industrial Tribunal in substantial part, Appeal No. 194 of 2000 has been filed by the employer. The companion Appeal, Appeal No. 441 of 2000 has been filed by the Union for the purpose of impugning a portion of the Judgment of the learned single Judge by which the Award of the issue of Dearness Allowance was modified. The learned single Judge having reduced the extent of the benefit gra