JUDGMENT

V.C. Misra, J.

Heard learned Counsel for the parties and perused the record.

2. This writ petition has been filed for quashing the award dated 5.2.2002 (annexure-5 to the writ petition) passed by the Presiding Officer, Central Government Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Kanpur-respondent No. 1 which was passed on the industrial dispute raised by the workmen-respondents 1 to 7 on the question referred to by the Central Government, Ministry of Labour Court vide its Notification dated 3.7.1998 for adjudication by the Tribunal-respondent No. 1 as under :-

Whether the action of the Director, National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, in not paying the salary and other benefits of the post of Centrifugal Operator from 1980 to S/Sri Suresh, Rajendra Prasad Shukla, Peetamber, Ashok Kumar Mishra, Ganga Prasad and Raja Ram is legal and justified ? If not, to what relief the workmen are entitled to ?

3. The facts of the case, referred to in the award in brief are that on behalf of the concerned workmen the statement of claim has been filed with the allegations that the workmen named above in the schedule of reference order were only workers working in the Experimental Sugar Factory (hereinaft