1. This Writ Petition has been preferred by the Employees Union of the Madras Atomic Power Station Kalpakkam for issue of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the circular of the first Respondent dated 011. 1999 and to quash the same and to direct the first respondent to forbear from reducing the number of national and festival holidays from 17 days till the disposal of the Industrial Dispute with respect of the subject matter.

2. Factual matrix necessary for the disposal of the Writ Petition are as under :-

(a) The petitioner Union is a recognized Trade Union consisting of workmen employed in the first respondent Corporation. The employees of the first Respondent had been in enjoyment of 17 National and Festival holidays from 1992. Out of 17 holidays, 3 days are National Holidays. Fixed National Holidays are Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanthi. 14 Festival Holidays were decided in consultation and agreement with the petitioner union. Therefore, the list of 14 holidays differed from year to year. List of holidays for the succeeding year used to be decided in advance in consultation and agreement with the Union and the holidays so arrived at would