RAGHAVAN,J.:-

The Management of the I.I. Iyyappan Mills (Private) Ltd., has filed this Writ Petition for the issue of an appropriate writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the findings and the directions given by the Industrial Tribunal, Kozhikode, the 2nd respondent before us, on the ground that such findings and directions are ultra vires the powers of the Tribunal and since they constitute errors apparent on the face of the record. The 1st respondent is the Union of the Workers of the Iyyappan Mills and the 3rd respondent is the Chief Secretary to the Government of Kerala.

2. We would narrate the relevant facts necessary for the appreciation of the questions raised in this writ petition. The petitioner-Mills were started in 1954 with three separate industries or at least with three separate sections; the three sections being the Oil Mills, the Foundry and Engineering Works and lastly the Soap Works. Later on the Management resolved, for industrial and trade reasons, to close down the Oil Mills and the Foundry and Engineering Works and to retain only the Soap Works. Accordingly the Management issued notice to the workers and also to the Government of its intention to c