( 1 ) THE petitioner herein is a trust conducting the Arya Kanya Vidyalay Gurukul at Porbandar in Junagadh District. The petitioner trust has challenged reference made by the second respondent to the Labour Court Judge the third respondent herein or making any reference in respect of the failure report submitted by the first respondent to the third respondent who is the Conciliation Officer. The facts leading to this litigation are that the petitioner is a public trust registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act and one of the trustees has been authorised by all the trustees to file this Special Civil Application. The question posed in this Special Civil Application is whether a Gurukul run by the petitioner trust in an Ashramite Vedic atmosphere for females with an objective of equipping them for meaningful future fife is an industry within the meaning of the Industrial Disputes Act and whether the competent authorities under the Industrial Disputes Act have any jurisdiction to deal with and decide the disputes raised by the Saurashtra Mazdoor Sangh respondent No. 4 and/or to decide the cases lodged by respondent No. 4 Union against the petitioner-trust. It must be