Ext.P1resolution adopted by the Palakkad District Committee of the Kerala Headload Workers Welfare Board (hereinafter referred to as 'the Board' for short) is under challenge in this writ petition. The brief facts of the case are as follows:-

2. The petitioner is a trade union representing headload workers of Pool I A of Mannarkkad Grama Panchayat. The second respondent is the Secretary of yet another trade union which represents headload workers of Pool I B. Both the pools have 21 workers each. Till the decision impugned in this writ petition was taken, headload workers of Pool I A were doing the loading and unloading work on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and headload workers of Pool I B were doing the loading and unloading work on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. In other words, all seven days of the week were working days. While matters stood thus, the Palakkad District Committee of the Board (hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee' for short) that met on 28.4.2011 resolved with the dissent of 2 out of the 7 members present at the meeting that henceforth headload workers of Pool I A shall work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, that headload workers o