NAINAR SUNDARAM, J.

The appellant raised an industrial dispute over the withdrawal by the first-respondent of the concession shown to the General Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Accounts Subordinates Union and the Joint Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Workers Federation in that they were fully exonerated of the obligations to attend to their normal work as employees of the first-respondent and were allowed to attend to full time union work. This concession was earlier granted by the proceedings of the first-respondent dated January 18, 1973, effective from September 30, 1972 afternoon. This was withdrawn after the end of March 31, 1976. The industrial dispute got referred for adjudication before the third respondent in I.D. No. 239 of 1977. The question that was referred for adjudication read as follows :

"Whether the action of management in having withdrawn the concession of the General Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Accounts Subordinates Union and the Joint Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Workers Federation being allowed to attend to full time union work from March 31, 1976 is justified and to what relief they would be entitl