JUDGMENT :

1. This writ petition has been filed by the Company under liquidation through the authorized signatory of the liquidator against the following respondent :

"1. State of U.P. through State of U.P. through its Principal Secretary, Labour Department, Government of U.P. Secretariate, Bapu Bhawan, Lucknow

2. Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal(III), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

3. LML Mazdoor Ekta Sangathan F-679, Barra-8, Kanpur"

2. The prayer in the petition is for quashing/setting aside the award dated 19.2.2020 published on 12.3.2020 made by the Industrial Tribunal. Further relief has been sought for restraining the respondents from proceedings against the petitioner-company pursuant to the aforesaid award.

3. The facts appearing in the present petition is that the Company was engaged in the business of manufacturing of geared scooters and had an employee strength of more than 6,000 employees including staff and workers. Around the late 1990s in view of the significant change in the consumer behavior towards motorcycles as opposed to scooters, the Company suffered substantial losses. On inability to arrange fresh working capital, the Company was only able to achieved partial restru