THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA W.P. NO. 20727 of 1998 DATED: 14-03-2007 Between: The Visakha Port Workers Association, Regd. No. D.1690/98, represented by its General Secretary Sri T.Someswara Rao, D.No. 21- 47, Kakaninagar, Visakhapatnam.. …PETITIONER And The Government of India represented by Secretary, Ministry of Surface Transport, New Delhi and 6 others. … RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA W.P. NO. 20727 of 1998 O R D E R This writ petition is filed seeking Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not allowing the petitioner’s union to negotiate with regard to the conditions of service and other grievances of its members as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the Trade Union Act and to direct the respondents to permit the petitioner’s union to participate in negotiations along with other respondents 4 to 7 trade unions with regard to the conditions of service to the employees working under the Port Trust. The petitioner’s grievance is that one of the registered trade unions, particularly. the third respondent is not permitting it to participate in the meetings. While admitting this writ petition, this Court, on 4-08-1998, granted interim order directing the 3rd respondent to allow the petitioner also to participate in the meeting/negotiations along with other trade unions. In view of the aforesaid interim order passed by this Court, no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition. The writ petition is, accordingly, closed. No costs ____________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J Dated: 14-03-2007 vp