( 1. ) THE two petitioner, who are employed as masons in the Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, filed separate applications under Section 61 of the Madhya Pradesh Industrial Relations Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), in the labour court, Raipur, for restoration of the reduction effected by the management, namely, respondent 3, the General Manager of the Hindustan Steel, Ltd. , in their wages as a measure of punishment after finding that some charges had been established against them.

( 2. ) THE labour court found that the reduction in the wages of the applicants was an " 1llegal change " within the meaning of Section 34 of the Acc and accordingly made an order directing respondent 3 to withdraw the " change " and restore the reduction in the wages of the petitioners. Thereupon, respondent 3 preferred revision petitions before the industrial court, Indore, against the common decision of the labour court granting the petitioners applications under Section 61 of the Act. The industrial court took the view that the matter of the reduction of the petitioners waged was an industrial matter as specified in Schedule II to the Act and consequently the petitioners who desire