A.N.Bhandri, J.

1. This appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent raises the question whether it is within the competence of this Court to set aside an order passed by the State Government referring a certain dispute to an Industrial Tribunal under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 . -

2. The petitioners in this case are the Karnal-Kaithal Co-operative Transport Society, while the respondents are the District Motor Transport Workers Union. .

3. Certain disputes which had arisen between the parties were settled on 21-8-1953 and 31-10-1953. Notwithstanding this settlement, the respondents gave to the petitioners a notice of strike under Section 22 (1) of the statute in which they announced that if their demands were not accepted before 18-3-1954 they would be compelled to go on strike and that the petitioners would be held responsible for any consequences which might ensue. The petitioners replied back to say that all the demands put forward by the respondents existed in one form or another during the dispute which had arisen between the parties, that they were considered and thrashed out on previous occasions, that the settlement arrived at between the p