First, the Government had no jurisdiction to make the reference in question as there was no dispute between the management and workers of " Prabhat Talkies " and, therefore, the reference and the award in so far as they related to the first respondent were ultra vires and void; secondly, in any case the notification by the Government purporting to refer an industrial dispute to the Tribunal was not competent under the Act, inasmuch as it did not refer to any specific disputes as &rising for adjudication and did not mention the companies or firms in which the disputes are said to have existed or were apprehended; and thirdly, the Madras Amendment Act was 342 unconstitutional and void under section, 107 of the Government of India Act, 1935, being repugnant 10the provisions of, the Central , and also void under article 13 (1) read with article 14 of the Constitution as being discriminatory in character.