1 D.B. CIVIL SPECIAL APPEAL(W)NO.624/2006 State Bank of India Vs. Kanhaiya Lal Meghwal & Anr. DATE OF ORDER :: 11-01-2008 HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. NARAYAN ROY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.M. LODHA Mr. Virendra Singh Yadav, for the appellant. Mr. Arun Sharma, for the respondent. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Perused the order impugned. It appears that in a reference made by the appropriate Government in terms of Section 10(1) of the Industrial Disputes Act before the Tribunal, an application was filed by the workman to implead the Local Implementation Committee (LIC) as party to the dispute, was rejected. Against the order passed by the Tribunal, the workman concerned approached this Court in writ jurisdiction. The writ application succeeded in allowing the addition of party which ultimately gave rise to this appeal at the behest of the Bank. It is contended by the learned counsel for the appellant that in a dispute like this where reference is made before the Tribunal, the Tribunal cannot travel beyond the reference. The application for addition of a party thus, was not entertainable and rightly therefore, the same was rejected by the Tribunal. 2 It is settled that in a case of reference, the Tribunal is bound to abide by the same and to answer the same and he cannot travel beyond the reference. The prayer made on behalf of the workman, in that view of the matter, was wholly unjustified and the same was rightly therefore rejected. In the given facts and circumstances of the case therefore, the learned Single Judge of this Court was not justified in allowing the writ application and passing the order impugned. In the result, the appeal is allowed and the order impugned is set aside. [R.M.LODHA],J. [NARAYAN ROY],CJ. Praveen