V. GOPALA GOWDA, J.

( 1 ) IN all these writ petitions the petitioner is BPL Group of Companies karmikara Sangh, first respondent is the State Government, respondent 2 is the Commissioner of Labour, respondent 3 is the Assistant Labour commissioner and Conciliation Officer and the 4th respondent is the management of various units of the company. The petitioner is aggrieved by the prohibition of strike by the workers of 4th respondent under Annexure-A and the order of reference at Annexure-B referring the industrial disputes raised by the petitioner-Union for adjudication. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order of reference on the ground that all the points of dispute raised by it have not been referred by the government. Hence, the common prayers in all these writ petitions is to declare the impugned orders at Annexures-A and B as illegal, arbitrary and unjust, to direct the first respondent to refer all the points of dispute by issuance of a fresh order of reference and to grant interim relief under Section 10-B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (Karnataka amendment) Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the Act' ).

( 2 ) SINCE the facts are common, the parties are common excep

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