Sohani, J.

This is a petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India.

The material facts giving rise to this petition briefly are as follows :-

Petitioner No. 1 is a Trade Union of employees employed in the Public Motor Transport Industry and is registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926. Petitioner No. 2 is a Trade Union worker working at Ujjain. Section 13(1) of the M. P. Industrial Relations Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), provides for recognition of a Union as a Representative Union in respect of any industry in a local area. Prior to the coming into force of the Amending Act No. 56 of 1976, "Local Area" was defined by section 2 (23) of the Act to mean any area notified as a local area for any industry and the State Government had notified the area comprised in each of the revenue districts of the State as a local area for the Public Motor Transport Industry. Petitioner No. 1 was recognised as a representative union for the local area comprising the revenue district of Ujjain. There were six other recognised representative unions for the local areas comprising the revenue districts of Gwalior, Morena, Shivpuri, Rewa, Dhar. Balaghat and Jab