JUDGMENT :

The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been instituted by the petitioner to challenge an Award dated 20.10.2012 rendered by the learned Industrial Tribunal, Dibrugarh in Reference Case no. 01/2012 [Old Case no. 04/2008]. By the Award dated 20.10.2012, the learned Industrial Tribunal, Dibrugrah has decided the Reference forwarded to it for adjudication by the Labour & Employment Department, Government of Assam under Section 10 [1][c] of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Reference consisting of two issues has been decided by the learned Industrial Tribunal against the writ petitioner-Workman.

2. It was by a Notification bearing no. GLR.2016/2008/11 dated 11.11.2008, the Government of Assam in the Labour & Employment Department referred the dispute to the learned Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal, Dibrugarh and the Notification read as under :

GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT

ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR

NOTIFICATION

Dated Dispur, the 11th November, 2008.

No. GLR.2016/2008/11 : Whereas an industrial dispute has arisen in the matter specified in the Schedule below between :-Management of Steelsworth Pvt. Ltd. Makum Road,