U. N. Sinha, C. J.

1. The petitioners have filed this writ applic3.tion under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, praying that the ORDER :s of the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Ranchi (respondent no. 2), dated the 2nd March, 1970, 30th March, 1970 and 11th June, 1970, contained in Annexures 9, 11 and 13, respectively, passed in B.S.E. Case No. 23 of 1969 be quashed by a writ of certiorari. The petitioners have also prayed that C.D. Singh (respondent no. 1) or the other respondents may be prohibited by a writ of mandamus from enforcing any of the rights conferred by Annexure 13. According to the learned counsel for the petitioners, he is praying for a writ of prohibition also, questioning the jurisdiction of the Labour Court, in view of an additional ground added to Paragraph 18 of the writ application by a petition filed on the 7th August, 1970.

2. The relevant facts are as follows: It is stated that respondent no. 1 was a Sales Officer under the Indian Oil Corporation Limited, working at Ranchi, until he was dismissed from service by the Corporation, by a letter dated the 3rd September, 1969. The said respondent had been charge-sheeted for various acts of