Rajamannar, C.J. —

This is an appeal against the judgment of Rajagopalan, J., dismissing a petition filed by the appellant under Article 226 of the Constitution for the issue of a writ of certiorari to quash an order of the Chairman, Central Government Industrial Tribunal, Madras, dated 23rd March, 1956, in the following circumstances. The appellant is the management of a Restaurant carrying on business in Madras under the name and style of Arya Bhavan. In 1953 the appellant dismissed one of its employees, one Janardhana Bhatt on the ground that he was engaged in a scuffle with a customer of the restaurant and assaulted him in the course of the quarrel. This led to a reference by the Government of Madras of an industrial dispute between the workers and the management of Arya Bhavan, Madras, with respect to the justification of the dismissal of the said Janardhana Bhatt. The workers were represented by the City Hotel Workers’ Association. The Industrial Tribunal made an award that the dismissal of Janardhana Bhatt was unjustified and directed that he should be reinstated with back wages from the date of his dismissal to the date of his reinstatement. The Government duly notified the

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