JUDGMENT :

1. This writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India impugns the orders of the Labour Court, Thane, dated April 18, 1985 and January 24, 1986 made under the provisions of the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act').

2. The salient facts relevant for deciding this writ petition are as under :

The First Petitioner is a Company which carries on the business of manufacturing Steel Ingets and Rolled Products. The First Respondent was employed in the service of the First Petitioner as an Electrician from or about 1979. He was paid a salary of Rs. 850 per month. While in service he was given a letter dated March 31, 1981, by which he was informed that he had been appointed as an Electrical Supervisor with effect from November 3, 1979 and that his services had been confirmed with effect from May 3, 1980. Apart from describing him as an Electrical Supervisor, this letter of appointment does not indicate the nature of work which was to be carried out by him as an Electrical Supervisor On June 13, 1981, when the rolling mill was in operation, the electrical motor was stopped by t