THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27586 of 2005 Dated: 03.01.2006 Between: United Labour Federation, rep by its President, K.Mariappan, S/o. Kasi R/o.C.J.Complex, 4th Floor, No.149, Thambu Chetty Street, Chennai. ..... PETITIONER AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Secretary Department of Labour Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and another. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: The petitioner is a Trade Union. It seeks a direction to the respondents herein i.e., the Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Secretary, Department of Labour, Hyderabad, and the Commissioner of Labour, State of Andhra Pradesh, to entertain the Industrial Disputes and other representations made by the petitioner on behalf of its members in the State of Andhra Pradesh. It is not in dispute that the petitioner is a Trade Union, registered in the State of Tamil Nadu. Even assuming that it had any members hailing from the State of Andhra Pradesh and employed in different industries, the question of permitting the petitioner to raise Industrial Disputes before the authorities of the Labour Department in the State of Andhra Pradesh does not arise. The Industrial Disputes Act and other Labour legislations permit the Industrial Disputes to be raised by the concerned employees or the Unions, in relation to the employees working in the establishment. A Trade Union, which is not specific for any industry and is registered outside the State of Andhra Pradesh, cannot espouse the cause of the workmen in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Therefore, this Court does not find any basis to grant any relief to the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 03.01.2005 sh