B.N.Banerjee, J. - (1.) An objection to the maintainability of the present application has been raised as a preliminary objection.
(2.) The petitioner, tile West Bengal Press Workers and Employees' Union, claims to be a trade union of workmen employed in different printing presses in West Bengal, including a press known as the Art Union Printing Works Private Ltd., (respondent No. 1).
(3.) The working conditions, scales of pay and dearness allowance of workmen in printing presses became the subject-matter of certain awards, more or less on industrywise basis, during the last several years. One such award between 169 printing presses in Calcutta and Howrah (including the respondent No. 1 press) and their workmen was published in the Calcutta Gazette, dated May 11, 1948. The other such award between 90 printing presses (including the respondent No. 1 press) and their workmen was published in the Calcutta Gazette, dated March 1, 1951.;