Judgment

VAIDIALINGAM, J.:- These three appeals, by special leave by the management of State Bank of Hyderabad are directed against the common order, dated May 13, 1968, passed by the Labour Court (Central), Hyderabad, allowing applications filed by each of the respondents herein under Section 33C (2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (Act XIV of 1947) (hereinafter called the Act). The claim of the respondents in each of these appeals was for payment of the special allowance granted to Supervisors under what are commonly known as the Sastry and Desai Awards. The Labour Court has accepted their claims in full and management have come up in appeal to this Court. The short question which is raised for our decision is whether the Labour Court was right in holding that the three respondents could claim the status of Supervisors entitled to the supervisory allowance under the Sastry and Desai Awards.

2. Three applications, Civil Miscellaneous Petitions Nos. 115 of 1963 and 4 and 5 of 1965 were filed by the respective respondents before the Labour Court under Section 33C (2) of the Act. As the averments contained in each of these applications were more or less common and the basis of the