ORDER :

Since the issue involved in all these Writ Petitions is one and the same, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of all these cases by way of this common order.

2. The workmen filed four Miscellaneous Petitions on the file of the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Guntur (hereinafter called, ‘the Labour Court’) to direct the employer-society for payment of subsistence allowance at the rate of 75% with interest at 12% per annum from due date till the date of realization. The Labour Court, vide order dated 14.12.2015, partly allowed the said petitions, directing the employer-society to pay subsistence allowance to the workmen. Aggrieved by the said orders, the employer-society filed four Writ Petitions, viz., W.P.No.19698 of 2017, W.P.No.19541 of 2017, W.P.No.19551 of 2017 and W.P.No.19553 of 2017 and the workmen filed three Writ Petitions, viz., W.P.No.10436 of 2016, W.P.No.16937 of 2016 and W.P.No.16947 of 2016 for not granting interest on the amount of subsistence allowance determined by the Labour Court.

3. For the sake convenience, this Court is inclined to mention the pleadings in W.P.No.19698 of 2017. The parties will be referred to as ‘workmen’ and ‘society’.

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