In Civil Appeal No.
These two appeals have been brought up before us by certificate against the orders of the High Court dismissing the two writ petitions.
1 Salary, Scales and Adjustments, 2 Dearness Allowance, 3 Special Allowances, 4 other Allowances, 5 Uniforms and Washing Allowances for subordinate staff, 6 Conveyance Charges, Provident Fund and Gratuity, 8 Leave Rules, 9 Joining Time on Transfer, 1 Rules relating to departmental enquiry against employees for misconduct, 11 Probationary Period and Confirmation, 12 Working Hours and Overtime Allowance, 13 Age of Retirement,, 14 Security, 15 Common Good Fund, 16 Service Conditions and 17 Promotions.
The first issue companyprised a number of service companyditions, viz.,
2094 of 1968, the appellants are also 10 Banks who had joined in filing the other Writ Petition No.
2742/1968 in the High Court, while one of the petitioner Banks in that writ petition has been impleaded as respondent, and another has number joined the appeal as a party.
The second and the third issues both related to the question whether the transfers of some employees of two of the Banks, The Vijayawada Co operative Central Bank, Ltd., Vijayawada, and The Vizianagaram Co operative Central Bank Ltd., Vizianagaram, were justified and, if number, to what reliefs were the employees entitled.
Appeals from the judgment and order dated August 5, 1968 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Writ Petitions Nos.
In Civil Appeal No.
Before the Industrial Tribunal, one of the grounds raised on behalf of the Banks was that the reference of the disputes to the Tribunal was invalid, because such disputes were required to be referred for decision to the Registrar of the Co operative Societies under section 61 of the Andhra Pradesh Co operative Societies Act No.
7 of 1964 hereinafter referred to as the Act , and the effect of the provisions of the Act was to exclude the jurisdiction of the Industrial Tribunals to deal with the same disputes under the Industrial Disputes Act.
Various other pleas were also taken by the Banks in resisting the claims of the workmen, but, in these appeals, we are number companycerned with them, because the Tribunal dealt with the point, mentioned by us above, as a preliminary issue and rejected the companytention of the Banks.
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Twenty four of the Banks thereupon challenged the preliminary decision of the Tribunal on this question, treating it as a preliminary award, by filing two Writ Petitions Nos.
The subject matter of the dispute was divided into three issues.
226 of the Constitution in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.
The High Court also rejected the plea of the Banks.
2339 of 1968, while 2 of the petitioner Banks in that writ petition have been impleaded as respondents.
B. Agarwala, K. Srinivasa Murthy, B. P. Singh and Naunit Lal, for the appellants in both the appeals .
2339 and 2742 of 1968 under Art.
2093 and 2094 of 1968.
2339 and 2742 of 1968.
S. R. Chari, M. K. Ramamurthi, S. Pappu, Madan Mohan, A J. Ramamurthi, Vineet Kumar, P. S. Khera and Bindra Thakur, for respondent No.
2 in both the appeals The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Bhargava, J. An industrial dispute arose between 25 Co operative Central Banks in the State of Andhra Pradesh and their workmen represented by the Andhra Pradesh Bank Em ployees Federation, Hyderabad, which was referred by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to the Industrial Tribunal, Hyderabad, under section 10 1 d of the Industrial Disputes Act No.
2093/1968, the appellants are 10 Banks who were petitioners before the High Court in Writ petition No.
14 of 1947.
