(1.) The management of Bharat Coca-Cola Bottling South & East Private Limited, a Company registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956, has filed this writ petition, challenging the validity of the Award, dated 20th July 2004, passed in I.D. No. 33 of 1999, by the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Ananthapur (hereinafter referred to as 'the Tribunal').
(2.) The Government of Andhra Pradesh referred the following dispute to the Tribunal under Section 10(1)(c) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947:
(3.) On considering the reference referred above, through the impugned Award, the Tribunal has answered it as follows: