JUDGMENT

S.N. Variava, J.-These Appeals are against a common Judgment dated 30th June, 1998, where under three appeals were dismissed.

2. Briefly stated the facts are as follows:

The Appellant has terminated the services of three of its Conductors. Those Conductors had challenged the termination before the Labour Court. The Labour Court had, by three Awards, set aside the termination of all the three workmen and directed reinstatement in all the three cases.

3. The Appellant had then filed three Writ Petitions in the High Court of Madras. All those Writ Petitions came to be dismissed by a common Judgment dated 20th June, 1997. Against that Judgment the Appellant had filed three Appeals which were dismissed by the impugned Judgment dated 30th June, 1998.

4. The concerned Respondents in Civil Appeal No. 2340 and 2341 of 1999 have not appeared before this Court even though served. The Respondent in Civil Appeal No. 2342 of 1999 is represented by Mrs. S. Usha Reddy.

5. We have heard the parties, perused the Awards and the judgment of the Single Judge as well as the Division Bench.

6. Mr. Iyer took us through the Counters filed by the Appellant in all the three cases and pointed out that in