B. K. SOMASEKHARA, J.

( 1 ) THE common Award of Respondent No. 2, the III Labour Court, Hyderabad (Sri Syed Abdullah) dated 18-8-1993 passed in M. P. Nos. 179,173,176,175,172 and 174 of 1992 in favour of respondent No. 1 and against the petitioner is the subject and object of assail in all the writ petitions. The petitioner and respondentno. 2 are common in all the writ petitions. The six writ petitions with common questions comprise for disposal in this comment judgment. The petitioner is Rajendranagar Municipallty. Respondent No. 1 in each of the cases claiming to be a worker/workman of the petitioner, laid a claim for recovery of over-time allowance under Section 33 (C) (2) of the Industrial Disputes Act. It was resisted by the petitioner, but allowed in the Award. The relevant particulars of the parties, the claim etc. , are tabulated hereunder:

SI. No

W. P. No. & W. P. M. P. No.

Corresponding petitioner befo Labour Court

Name of job held

Period of claim

Claim

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

1.

W. P. 9916/94m. P. 174/92

D. S. Baburao

Electrician

1-4-1988 to 30-6-90

Rs. 18,717. 70

2:

W. P. 10025/94m. P. 179/92

B. V. S. Peer Raju

Fitter (Operation)

1-4-88 to 28-2-1991

Rs. 46,386. 00+ 17,8

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