In this original petition, the petitioner, an employee of the 1st respondent Co-operative Society, challenges Ext.P2 award of the 2nd respondent Industrial Tribunal, Palakkad, by which the Tribunal upheld the punishment of dismissal from service, imposed on the petitioner by the 1st respondent, pursuant to disciplinary proceedings initiated against her. The brief facts necessary for the disposal of the case are as under.

2. In 1987, the Society was under the management of an administrator appointed under Section 32 of the Kerala co-operative Societies Act, 1969. From 1970 onwards, the petitioner was holding temporary charge of the post of Secretary of the Society. Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against the petitioner on 51 charges of misconduct in 1987. A domestic enquiry was conducted in which the petitioner was found guilty. Accepting the findings of the enquiry officer, the administrator imposed on the petitioner the punishment of dismissal from service. The Kerala Co-operative Employees Front, the Union espousing the cause of the petitioner, raised an industrial dispute which was referred for adjudication to the 2nd respondent Industrial Tribunal. The 2nd re