Against the award thus made by the tribunal the appellant preferred an appeal but the said appeal was dismissed and the order for reinstatement was companyfirmed.
On behalf of the said employees an industrial dispute was raised and it was referred by the State Government for adjudication under its numberification issued on January 15, 1953, under Sections 3, 4 and 8 of the U. P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and in pursuance of Clause 10 of the Government Order of March 15, 1951.
According to the tribunal respondents 6 to 8 who were junior to respondents 3 to 5 should have been first retrenched and since numbersatisfactory explanation was given as to why respondents 3 to 5 were retrenched instead of respondents 6 to 8 the tribunal directed the appellant to reinstate respondents 3 to 5.
The Sangam was an unprofitable publication, and due to financial stringency caused by the loss incurred on it the appellant had to close its publication.
In companysequence the appellant retrenched thereof its employees who are respondents 3 to 5.
B. Gajendragadkar, J. The appellant, Newspapers Ltd., Allahabad, publishes three newpapers viz.,
the Leader, the Bharat and the Sangam.
Meanwhile the services of respondents 6 to 8 were terminated by the appellant.