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Veeraswami J. before whom the application for the issue of writ came up for hearing, held that the order of the Government was bad in two respects, namely
1. That it amounted to an adjudication of the dispute on its merits, which -the Government had no jurisdiction to do; and
2. that as no reasons had been given by the Government for its conclusion, its order contravened Section 12(5) of the Industrial Disputes Act. Conformably to the view thus expressed, a writ of mandamus was issued directing the Government to consider afresh whether a reference of the dispute to the appropriate authority under the Act is called for. The judgment in the case is reported as Workmen of South India Saiva Sidhanta Works: Publishing Society v. Government of Madras Reported in Ed.