( 1 ) THE petitioners in this case seek a writ of certiorari for quashing a part of an award given by the Industrial Tribunal, Bombay, on 18th June 1964 in a dispute referred to it by the Central Government in the exercise of its powers under section 10 (1) (d) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, (hereinr after referred to as the Act ).

( 2 ) THE petitioners are owners of ochre mines situated in Jaitwara area of district satna. The employees of the mines presented as many as thirty-two demands against the petitioners and raised an industrial dispute. When the dispute could not be settled in conciliation proceedings, the Central Government, by an order made on 15th June 1962 under Section 10 (1) (d) of the Act referred to the industrial Tribunal Bombay, for adjudication ten matters arising out of the dispute and specified in a schedule annexed to the order. The Industrial Tribunal gave an award on those matters on 18th June 1964. The petitioners question the award in respect of the following issues:'

"1. Whether the present wage rates of the following categories of workmen employed in the ochre mines of Jaitwara area of the aforesaid employers are satisfactory; if not, to what revi

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