( 1 ) THE petitioner, M/s. Dass Studios, Connaught Place, New Delhi, which is a commercial establishment under the Delhi Shops and Establishment Act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) has filed the present petition under articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the validity of the award dated 9-7-1969 of the Labour Court, Delhi, directing the re-instatement with full back wages and continuity of the 2nd respondent herein, who was an employee under the petitioner. According to the averments in the writ petition, the second respondent, Shri Shyam Sunder, had tendered his resignation by his letter dated 17-7-1968. In that letter , the second reondent had levelled certain baseless allegations against the petitioner to the effect that he had ben ill-treated and insulted by the petitioner. The second respondent had also demanded payment of his dues keeping in view his service for 19 years and bonus for 14 years. The regisnation was to be effective from 16-8-1968. The second respondent also requested the petitioner to inform him within a week of the receipt of the letter whether his regisnation had been accepted. The petitioner thereupon ac