This is an appeal against the Judgment of Subba Rao, J. in W.P. No. 591 of 1951 and the point for determination is whether advocates have a right of audience before a Tribunal constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, (Act XIV of 1947). The second appellant is a company-called, The Liberator Ltd., and disputes having arisen between the management and the employees therein, the Government of Madras referred the same to the Industrial Tribunal,‘Fort St. George, Madras, the first respondent herein, for adjudication. The first appellant who is an advocate of this court sought to appear on behalf of the second appellant before the Tribunal and presented his vakalat. Objection was taken to his appearance by the Secretary of the Labour Union, which is the third respondent herein, and on that, the Tribunal heard all the parties concerned and passed an order on 24th September, 1951 refusing permission to the first appellant to appear for the second appellant. Thereupon the appellants moved this court under Article 226 of the Constitution for a writ of certiorari to quash the order of the Tribunal on the grounds that it was an unconstitutional denial of the right o