GUWAHATI, India, July 3 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on June 3:

1. Heard Mr. A. Dasgupta, learned senior counsel, assisted by Mr. S. Chakraborty, learned counsel, appearing on behalf of the petitioner Employees' Union. Also heard Mr. B. Chakraborty, learned CGC, and Mr. H. Sarma, learned standing counsel of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), appearing for the respondent No. 2.

2. The petitioner Employees' Union, by way of instituting the present proceeding, has presented a challenge to the award, dated 16.05.2014, passed by the learned Central Government Industrial Tribunalcum-Labour Court, Guwahati, in Reference Case No. 11/2012.

3. The brief facts requisite for adjudication of the issue arising in the present...