LAWS(KER)-1959-3-6

MALABAR INDUSTRIAL CO Vs. INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL TRIVANDRUM

Decided On March 31, 1959
MALABAR INDUSTRIAL CO.LTD. Appellant
V/S
INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL, TRIVANDRUM Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner is the Malabar Industrial Co. Ltd. which owns and manages the Skinnerpuram Estate, Elamannur. The 1st respondent is the Industrial Tribunal, Trivandrum, the 2nd, the State of Kerala and the 3rd, the Staff Members of the Skinnerpuram Estate represented by the Estate Staff Union of South India, Kottayam.

(2.) The petitioner challenges the validity of the award of the Industrial Tribunal, Trivandrum, dated 31-1-1958, in Industrial Dispute No. 3 of 1955. One of the disputes referred for adjudication-the only dispute with which we are concerned was:

(3.) The Tribunal passed an award on 27-3-1957 and it was published in the Kerala Gazette dated 23-4-1957. The validity of that award was questioned before this court in 1957 KLT 77 . Para.1 of the judgment in that petition stated: