JUDGMENT :

RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by the consent of the parties.

2. The petitioners are permanent employees of the Company “Bilt Graphics Paper Products Ltd.” at Bhigwan. It is undisputed that respondent no. 3 by name Ballarpur Industries Employees Union Unit, Bhigwan, is the recognized Union in the said establishment.

3. By this petition, the petitioners have put forth prayer clauses 17 (A) and (B) which read as under:

(A) That this Hon’ble Court be pleased to issue a writ of certiorari or any other writ, order or direction calling for the record and proceeding of the Deputy Registrar of Trade Unions has in Application No. 03/2020 and after going through the legality, validity and propriety thereof be pleased to quash and set aside the impugned judgment dated 29.01.2021 which is at Exhibit “A” to the Petition.

(B) After going through the documents on record it may be directed to issue the consent certificate for adjudicating the matter before the Ld. Industrial Court.

4. The petitioners are before the Court on the basis of an application filed by them under Regulation 23 (1) of the Maharashtra Trade Union Regulations, 1927 which ar