Ramaswami, J.

1. In this case the petitioner, S. K. G. Sugar Ltd., has obtained a rule from the High Court calling upon the respondent to show cause why Miscellaneous cases nos. 26 and 27 of 1955, pending before the Industrial Tribunal under Section 33-A of the Industrial Disputes Act, should not be quashed by a writ in the nature of certiorari.

2. Cause has been shown by the learned Government Pleader on behalf of respondents 1 and 2 and the learned Counsel on behalf of the respondents 4 to 23 appearing through the Secretary of the Chini Mazdoor Sangh.

3. It appears that the Gaya Sugar Mills Ltd., which is an incorporated Company under the Indian Companies Act, owned a sugar factory at Guraru in the district of Gaya. On the 4th of November, 1951, there was an order made by the High Court for the compulsory winding up of this Company. On the 1st of February, 1952, the High Court made a subsequent order appointing respondent no. 3, Mr. Dhansukh Lal Mehta, as Liquidator. On the 3rd of December, 1954, the High Court granted permission to the official Liquidator to execute a lease of the sugar factory at Guraru in favour of the petitioner for the period from the 5th of December