B. S. Sinha, J.

1. The prayer of the petitioner, the Bihar Relief Committee through its General Secretary, Sri Y. K. Lall, in this application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, is to quash the order bearing no.3/d1-100/67/75-Sra-Nee-690, dated 27th May, 1975 passed hy sri Lagandeo Singh, Joint Commissioner and Conciliation Officer of the Government of Bihar, respondent no.2, by which, the petitioner was informed that the retrenchment of some of its employees would be referred as an industrial dispute as the petitioner had not participated in the conciliation proceeding relating to such retrenchment.

2. The petitioner, according to its case, is a humanitarian, charitable and social service institution established with the sole object of rendering relief to the suffering humanity caused by natural calamities like Hood, drought epidemic etc. Its objectives be opening of relief centres, importing useful knowledge, publishing informatory literature relating to relief work and bringing about consciousness of social service in the community.

3. Since its inception in the year 1966-67 when the petitioner was registered, as a society, under the Societies Registration A