Seeking quashing of Reference Order dated 04.06.2012 under Section 10 (1)(d) and 2A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the present writ petition has been filed. A further prayer seeking a declaration that the Reference Order dated 04.06.2012 made by the Central Government is not maintainable as the dispute referred therein is not an industrial dispute within the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, has been made.

2. The facts narrated in the writ petition are summarised thus;

The petitioner Steel Authority of India Limited is a Government Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956. The respondent was appointed as Construction Supervisor on 24.11.1970. He filed an application under Section 33A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 seeking promotion in different grades and to the post of Executive. The said application was registered as Misc. Case No. 10 of 1986. An award dated 17.01.1991 was passed directing the Steel Authority of India Limited to promote the respondent to the post of Construction Supervisor GradeI with effect from 06.06.1977, Additional Divisional Engineer with effect from 21.06.1979, Divisional Engineer with effect from 17.02.1983 and Zonal Manager with