( 1 ) BY this petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks directions of this Court to respondent No. 1 - Chief Labour commissioner (Central) and respondent No. 2 - Union of India to refer the industrial dispute centering round demands elaborately enumerated in Annexure A to the petition, to the National Industrial Tribunal, by invoking powers under Sec. 10 (1- a) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (i. D. Act for short ). The petitioner is a registered federation of 13 different unions which are having their respective membership in 13 States. It is duly registered under the Indian Trade Unions Act since 6-12-1975. It is inter alia contended by the petitioner that as respondent No. 3 is multi-State establishment, it has sought conciliation and reference from respondent Nos. 1 and 2 invoking aids of Sec. 10 (1-A) and Sec. 7-B of the I. D. Act. It is also the case of the petitioner that authorities have not exercised their power of conciliating and intervening in the industrial disputes and, therefore, the pay-scales of members of the petitioner federation have stagnated since 1-1-1996 despite the last settlement has expired in December