( 1. ) THE defendants have filed this appeal under Order XLIII, rule 1 (r) of the Code of Civil Procedure, against the order of the Additional district Judge, Ambikapur, dated 10th March 1969, making absolute the ad interim temporary injunction granted ex parte by him on 22nd February 1969 under Order XXXIX, rule 1 of the Code.

( 2. ) SHORTLY stated, the facts are that the workers of the North Chirimiri colliery, owned by the plaintiff-company, went on strike in order to support their demand for wages as per the Coal Wage Board Award. The Madhya pradesh Colliery Workers Federation, which is a registered trade union under the Trade Unions Act, 1926, through its North Chirimiry Colliery branch, which is the recognised union of workers and the office bearers thereof, have been espousing the cause of the workers, by organising meetings before the union office and elsewhere, taking out processions on the public roads and the residential colony of the colliery and holding demonstrations in connection therewith. The plaintiff-company, in the meanwhile, instituted the present suit for grant of a perpetual injunction. The defendants 1 to 18 arc the trade union, its branch and the o