Mehrotra, J. - (1.) This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution praying for a writ of certiorari quashing the proceedings of the meeting held on the 3rd of September, 1956, and further to issue a writ of mandamus to the opposite parties Nos. 1 and 2 who are the Allahabad Divisional Branch of the AH India Postal Workers Union Class III and Sri R.C. Srivastava, Secretary of the Allahabad Divisional Branch of the All India postal Workers Union Class III.
(2.) The postal employees of class in formed a union known as the All India Postal Workers Union Class III. It was registered under the Trade Union Act, 1926 . The Union has a provincial branch known as the All India Postal Workers Union (Class III) U. P. Circle Branch. The dispute relates to the Allahabad Divisional Branch constituted under Rule 38(iii) of the Constitution. The petitioner is a member of the Allahabad Divisional Branch, opposite party No. 2 is the Secretary and opposite parties Nos. 3 to 10 are also members of that Branch.
(3.) On 15th of July 1956 a meeting of the general body of the Allahabad Division was held to elect office bearers. Some dispute arose between the members as regards the voting rights of the members who were in arrears of membership subscription. On account of the difference of opinion the meeting was adjourned sine die and the dispute was referred to the secretary of the Circle Branch. On 27th of August 1956 opposite party No. 3 Sri Ram Chandra Srivastava issued a notice informing the members of the general body that a meeting will be held on the 3rd of September, 1956, for the purpose of electing delegates to the All India Conference and to the Circle Branch Conference. This notice was circulated amongst the members between the 27th of August and 1st of September. On 1st September certain objections were raised by the petitioner and some other members to the validity of the proposed meeting. Negotiations started between the objectors and the opposite parties for some amicable adjustment but they failed on the morning of the 3rd of September. The meeting Was therefore held on the 3rd of September, 1956, and opposite parties Nos. 3 to 6 Were elected delegates to the All India Conference while opposite parties Nos. 7 to 10 were elected delegates to the Circle Branch Conference.;