1. This is an appeal from the order of M. S. Menon, J., dated 22-2-1956 in O. P. No. 266 of 1955 dismissing the appellant's application for a writ of certiorari or other appropriate writ or direction concerning the award dated 27-12-1951 of the Industrial Tribunal, Trivandrum, the award dated 28-8-1954 passed on appeal therefrom by the Labour Appellate Tribunal of India, III Branch and the demand notice dated 28-9-1955 issued to the appellant by the Tahsildar, Agasteeswaram Taluk at Nagercoil. The appellant before us who was the petitioner before the learned judge was formerly the licencee of the Nagercoil Electric Supply Corporation and while the said concern was under his management fourteen workmen happened to bo retrenched, As a result of that a strike was organised by the workmen and consequent on it fourteen others happened to be dismissed. The cause of the retrenched and the dismissed workmen was taken up by the South Travancore Electric Workers' Union and eventually the Government referred the disputes for adjudication by the Trivandrum Industrial Tribunal. The Tribunal passed an interim award on 27-12-1951 and after some abortive attempts to get the same quashe