JUDGMENT :

1. This writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India is directed against an Award of the Labour Court, Kolhapur, dated March 22, 1991 made in Reference (IDA) No. 29 of 1985 under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act').

2. The Petitioner is a Public Charitable Trust which carries on the work of rehabilitation and relief of destitute women and children at Kolhapur. The Managing Body of the petitioner, inter alia, consisted of ex-officio Government Officers like District Probational Officer, the Commissioner of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation and the president of the Zilla Parishad. The Secretary of the Petitioner was the responsible person or Administrative Head for implementation of the policy decisions taken by the Managing Body. The Respondent was employed as full time Superintendent in the service of the Petitioner from August 3, 1971 on monthly salary of about Rs. 600/-. The Respondent had put in about ten years of blameless service in the employment of the Petitioner. On April 5, 1982 the Respondent received a letter from the Petitioner intimating that her resignation of service had been accepted in the