1. The Division Bench hearing these Writ Appeals expressed doubt on the correctness of the earlier Division Bench judgment of this Court in Thodupuzha Taluk General Marketing Co - operative Society v. Michael Sebastian , 2010 KHC 282 : 2010 (1) KLT 938 . By the following reference order dated 08/12/2010, the Division Bench made a reference for consideration by a Full Bench:
“The question raised in the connected writ appeals is whether industrial dispute between the management of a society and an employee should be settled before the Labour Court or Industrial Tribunal to which it is referred by Government or whether it should be decided by the Arbitration Court under S.69(2)(d) of the Co - operative Societies Act. A Division Bench of this Court in the decision in Thodupuzha Taluk General Marketing Co - op. Society v. Michael Sebastian reported in held that both the Industrial Tribunal and Co - operative Arbitration Court have concurrent jurisdiction for settling industrial disputes between management and workers of a society. This position is also supported by a earlier single Bench decision of this Court reported in Board of Directors, Edava Service Co - operative Bank v. The Co