(1.) HEARD the Counsel for the parties and perused the record.
(2.) THE petitioner has filed the present writ petition challenging the impugned award dated 26.3.1999 passed by Labour Court in Adjudication Case No. 8 of 1998, Annexure 9 to the writ petition, treating respondent No. 1 with continuity in service and back wages from the date of his termination dated 1.6.1995.
(3.) RESPONDENT No. 1 raised an industrial dispute before the Regional Conciliation Officer, Varanasi. On conciliation proceedings having failed, the following reference was made by the State Government in exercise of powers under Section 4 -K of the U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: -