( 1 ) THE petitioner Messrs. Jaswant Sugar Mills Limited (hereinafter referred to as the petitioner)is a limited liability company and carried on business of manufacture and sale of sugar. On 1st october, 1958, the Deputy Labour Commissioner (Industrial Relations), U. P. , referred the following matter of dispute to the Industrial Tribunal, U. P. , Allahabad (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal) for adjudication : "whether the designation and/or wages of the workmen appearing in the annexure need any revision? If so, from what date and with what details?" the Tribunal made its award on 30th April, 1959, and the same was published in the U. P. Gazette on 3rd June, 1959. By means of this petition the award mentioned above has been challenged by the petitioner.

( 2 ) UNDER the provisions of Section 4-K of the U. P. Industrial Disputes Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) the power to make a reference has been given to the State Government. That power can, however, be delegated under Section 11-A of the Act. Notification No, 2723 (ST)/xxxvi-A-150 (ST)-57 dated 20th May, 1957, was published both In Hindi as also in english, in an extraordinary issue of the U. P