( 1 ) THIS is an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution by the kymore Cement Mazdoor Congress, Kymore, for the issue of a writ of certiorari for quashing a decision dated 24 August 1964 of the Industrial Court setting aside an order of the Labour Court, Jabalpur, made in circumstances to be presently stated, directing the Associated Cement Companies Ltd. , Kymore (hereinafter referred to as the Company) to reinstate in its service one Hafiz Mohammad, who was employed as a blacksmith in the workshop department and awarding him Rs. 1,000 as compensation.

( 2 ) ON 31 July 1961 the Company intimated to Hafiz Mohammad that according to the Company's records he would be attaining the age of 60 years on 1 January 1962 and according to the sixty years' rule of retirement, in force in the company enforceable on him he would be retired from that date. Some time after receiving this intimation, Hafiz Mohammad informed the Company that according to an entry in the Register of Births maintained by the authorities in Basonda village of the Banda district, Uttar Pradesh, he was born on 11 February 1906 and accordingly his age should be corrected in the Company's r