1. The petitioner is a dealer in textile goods, having his Head Office at Alleppey, and branches at Kottayam, Quilon and other places in the State. By an order dated 3-7-1964, the petitioner dismissed from his employment one D. Venkiteswara Kamath, who was a bill collector, after conducting a domestic enquiry against him. That gave rise to an industrial dispute between the the petitioner and his workmen; the dispute was referred by the State Government to the Labour Court, Quilon, who by its award Ext. P-1 dated 18-12-1967 held that the dismissal of the workman was not for bona fide reasons and ordered that he should be given a compensation of Rs. 2080/-in lieu of reinstatement. The workman was also awarded costs of Rs. 100/-. This writ petition has been filed to quash the above award..

2. It is necessary to briefly state the facts. The workman was admittedly employed under the petitioner for about 30 years when he was dismissed from service. According to the petitioner he was first appointed at the head office at Alleppey, where he worked for about two months; and thereafter he was transferred to the Quilon branch. At Quilon, he absented from duty without leave, which c