JUDGMENT

Amit Borkar, J. - In this writ petition filed under articles 226 and 227 of the constitution of India, the petitioner takes exception to the order passed by the Industrial Tribunal, Satara, in Reference I.T. No.4 of 2016, whereby the said Tribunal held that 20 persons enlisted in the Annexure to the Statement of Claim 'workmen' within the meaning of Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947( hereinafter referred to as 'the I.D, Act').

2. The facts giving rise to the present writ petition, in short, are as under:

3. The petitioner is an engineering company engaged, inter alia, in manufacturing refrigerators, compressors, washing machines, office and home furniture equipment, locks, precision equipment, security equipment, material handling equipment, etc. The petitioner has one of its manufacturing plants, known as "Interio Division", manufacturing furniture items at Shirwal, District Satara.

4. The respondent is a union registered under the Trade Unions Act of 1926 representing workmen of the company established in Satara.

5. In 2015, the respondent raised a Charter of Demands seeking an increase in wages, benefits and emoluments for the workmen concerned. Since the conc