Judgment

S.B. Majmudar, J.-Leave granted in these special leave petitions being SLP (C) Nos. 19982-19983 of 1997 and SLP (C) Nos. 22370-22371 of 1997. By consent of learned counsel of the contesting parties, the appeals were heard finally and are being disposed of by this common judgment. The Management of Karnataka State Road Transport Corpora­tion has filed the first two appeals arising out of Special Leave Petition Nos. 19982 and 19983 of 1997 being aggrieved by the common judgment and order rendered by the Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka in Writ Appeal No. 8635 and 8491 of 1996, while the other two appeals arising out of Special Leave Petition Nos. 22370 and 22371 of 1997 are filed by the State of Karnataka, also aggrieved by the afore­said common judgment and order in the very same two writ appeals. The appellants have the common cause of complaint against the impugned judgment of the Division Bench, while the respondent-KSRTC Staff and Workers’ Federation, which is the common respondent in all these appeals, is the only contesting respondent, being the original writ petitioner whose writ petition was allowed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court and whic