ORDER :

The Interlocutory orders passed in the industrial dispute are under challenge in the present writ petitions.

2. The petitioner is NTTF Industries Private Limited. Nearly about fifty workmen were working in the petitioner’s establishment at Katpadi, Vellore. The workmen were represented by the 5th respondent entity NTTFIL Employees Union, which is a registered Union under the Trade Unions Act.

3. It is not in dispute that the petitioner Management entered into a 18(1) Settlement with the Labour’s Union on 22.06.2011. Terms and conditions were agreed between the parties in the 18(1) Settlement under the Industrial Disputes Act. The office bearers of the Trade Unions signed the settlement and that is also not disputed between the parties. However, few workmen raised a ground that the office bearers of the Union were not authorized by all the members. However, such a ground is a matter of dispute to be adjudicated and not in question as far as the Interlocutory Applications filed by the Management is concerned.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner Management made a submission that honoring the 18(1) Settlement under the Industrial Disputes Act, the Management transferred the m