( 1 ) THE petitioners-employers-U. P. State electricity Board, by means of present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, have challenged the award of the industrial Tribunal (1 ). U. P. , at Allahabad, hereinafter referred to as the tribunal, dated 9/08/1985, copy whereof has been annexed as Annexure-1 to the writ petition.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to the filing of present writ petition are that the contesting respondent-workman, namely, Mohd. Jameel was employed with the employers, as would be clear from the narration of fact and the written statement filed by the parties and referred to by the Tribunal in the award, which reveals that the workman concerned Mohd. Jameel was employed as Pump Operator-cum- electrician with the employers w. e. f. 1/06/1977. The services of the workman concerned were wrongfully terminated by the employers on 1/02/1979. The workman through the respective union raised an industrial dispute, which was referred to the Industrial Tribunal, allahabad and was registered by the Tribunal as Adjudication Case No. 168 of 1980. The tribunal vide its award dated 17/08/1981, published on 3/10/1981 held that the) termination o