A.N.Grover, J.

1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, by which an award made by the Industrial Tribunal, Patiala is sought to be quashed by certiorari, arises in the following circumstances: Certain Industrial disputes arose between the petitioner company And its workmen and the same were referred on 11-5-1955 to S. Sant Ram Garg, Industrial Tribunal at Kapurthala, for adjudication by means of a notification dated 11-5-1955 issued by the erstwhile Pepsu State. Later on another notification was issued on 13-8-1955 by which the Industrial Tribunal at Kapurthala (later at Patiala) was constituted a Tribunal for the whole of the erstwhile Pepsu State for a period of six months and S. Narindar Singh, retired District Judge, was appointed its sole member.

All pending and future industrial disputes were to be adjudicated upon by the aforesaid Tribunal. On 3-9-1955 another notification was issued by which the disputes pending between the petitioner and its workmen were directed to be disposed of by the aforesaid Industrial Tribunal. These disputes were still pending when the period of six months, for which the Industrial Tribunal had been constituted expired. On 20