R. K. ABICHANDANI, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner-Union challenges the award dated 1st August, 1994 made by the Industrial Tribunal, Baroda in Reference (IT) No. 103 of 1993 and seeks a declaration that the respondent had sought the undertaking from the workmen illegally and in unjust manner and that it was liable to pay wages from 9th December, 1991 to 23rd April, 1992, with interest being the period during which the workmen could not attend to work due to insistence for executing an unjust undertaking.

( 2 ) THE respondent-Company deals in manufacture and distribution of drugs, pharmaceuticals and food items, having its factories at Worli, Thane, Ankleshwar, nasik and Aligarh. The factory at Ankleshwar was established in 1985 to manufacture ibuprofen and Sotalol Hydroxide initially and later new produces were introduced. On 30th July, 1987, a settlement was arrived at between the parties which ended on 30th June, 1990 when new demands were raised by the Union including demand for 2 days weekly-off, known as 6 x 2 shift system or rota system. There were negotiations between the parties on this issue, but it could not be resolved. In the meeting of the General Body of the Union held on 27t

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