6. Petitioner is a Company incorporated under the Companies Act and operating in the name and style of R.B.N.S Sugar Mills Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as petitioner for brevity). Petitioner is operating sugar factory for manufacturing of sugar crystals. It is alleged by the workmen that the workmen worked with the petitioner from 1979 to 1986. At the end of year 1986, the petitioner refused to allot any work to their workmen and their services were terminated without following the provisions of Section 6N of the Uttarakhand Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for short the “Act”). The respondent no. 1, being workmen in all the connected writ petitions, claimed themselves as seasonal unskilled workers raised conciliation proceedings under the Act alleging the termination from service on 28.11.1986 as illegal. Dispute cases were taken up by the Labour Court and were disposed of in terms of compromise between the parties. A copy of the compromise deed is filed along with the petition. As per the compromise entered between the parties, the petitioner agreed that in case, any vacancy arise on account of retirement, death, resignation of unskilled category of labour and the petitioner decides to fill up such vacant posts, then petitioner shall give preference to the respondents – workmen. This agreement was duly signed by both the parties before the Presiding Officer, Labour Court on 05.09.1988. In that view of the matter, the learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court disposed of the adjudication cases holding that there has been a compromise between the parties, which appears to be entered between the parties, in accordance with law. Hence, as per agreement of the parties award was passed and agreement was ordered to be part of the order.
