LAWS(MAD)-2010-9-208

TEXTILE TECHNICAL TRADESMEN ASSOCIATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On September 29, 2010
TEXTILE TECHNICAL TRADESMEN ASSOCIATION REP. BY ITS PRESIDENT, PONDICHERRY-605 009 Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF LABOUR, NEW DELHI Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The constitutionality of Section 17(A) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), which was introduced by the Industrial Disputes Amendment Act, 1956 and the consequential order passed under Section 17(A) of the Act by the Government of Pondicherry in respect of an award made by the Special Industrial Tribunal, Pondicherry, under the Act are under challenge in this writ petition.

(2.) The Petitioners/Trade Union raised an industrial dispute regarding wage revision before the Special Industrial Tribunal and the Tribunal directed the Respondents to revise the wages of the workmen, as detailed in the award. However, the Government of Puduchery, by the impugned order issued under Section 17-A of the Act, has declined to enforce the same. Thus, the Petitioners are aggrieved by the same.

(3.) Section 17-A (1, 2, 3 & 4) of the Act reads as follows: