N.L.Untwalia, J.

1. Samachar Bharti, a news agency, having its registered office in New Delhi, is the sole petitioner in this writ application. Shri Kedar Nath, respondent No. 1, is a working journalist within the meaning of Clause (f) of Sec.2 of the Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (Central Act XLV of 1955), hereinafter called the Working Journalists Act. At the relevant time he was working in the employment of the petitioner as a working journalist at Patna. He was discharged from service, whereupon he filed a complaint before the Presiding Officer of Labour Court, Patna, under Section 26 (2) of the Bihar Shops and Establishments Act, 1953 (Bihar Act 8 of 1954), hereinafter called the Bihar Act. A complaint was filed, complaining about the discharge order dated the 1st of August 1967; a copy of the complaint petition is Annexure 1 to the writ application. Respondent No. 2, said to be the General Manager of Samachar Bharti, was implead-ed as opposite party No. 1 and Samachar Bharti as opposite party No. 2 in the petition (Annexure 1). In response to the notice served on the petitioner it appeared and filed a preliminary ob