"appropriate Government" defined in Section 2 (a ). These cases with which we are concerned are in relation to other industrial disputes, other than those specified in Section 2 (a) (i ). The "appropriate Government" in relation to these disputes is the "state Government". The "state Government" is not defined in the Act and for this reason, resort is to be had to the definitions contained in the General Clauses Act, 1897. It says that in that Act and in all Central Acts and Regulations made after the commencement of that Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, 'state Government' as respects anything done or to be done after the commencement of the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, shall mean, in a State, the Governor, and in a Union Territory, the Central Government. Therefore, in the Union Territory of Delhi we have to read the "central Government" for the "state Government" in Section 2 (a) (ii) of the Act. The "appropriate Government" even in respect of disputes falling within Section 2 (a) (ii) of the Act is the "central Governmeni". The Central Government has issued the impugned notification dated April 14, 1975 in exercise of the powers c

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