Honble Dr. LAKSHMANAN, CJ.–This special appeal has been filed against the judgment dated 12.7.1999 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court, whereby the learned Single Judge has dismissed the writ petition.

(2). The case as set up by the petitioner (appellant) in the writ petition is that the members of the petitioner Union were to participate in a demonstration to be held before the Parliament on 27.03.1987. For participating in this demonstration, casual leave was sought by the members of the petitioner Union. According to the petitioner, no order refusing the casual leave was made by the competent authority on the applications made for such leave.

(3). The case of the petitioner Union is that those employees who had applied for casual leave had, leave to their credit. They applied for leave being granted. The leave was sought for attending the demonstration. No order of rejection of the leave application has ever been made or communicated to the workmen.

(4). The respondents contested the writ petition and it was contended on behalf of the respondents that no leave was sanctioned to any of the employees/workmen who remained absent on 27.3.1987. In the absence of leave having

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