ORDER :

Sunil Gaur, J.

With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the above captioned petitions have been heard together and are being decided by this common order, while treating W.P.(C) 3167/2015 as the lead matter.

2. Reference (Annexure P-1) made by Government of NCT of Delhi to the concerned Labour Court regarding respondent-workmen being illegally retrenched/terminated is being challenged in these petitions on the ground that respondent-Government of NCT of Delhi has no jurisdiction to make the Reference, as respondents-workmen are located beyond the territorial jurisdiction of Delhi Courts.

3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that respondent-workmen working in petitioner-Company have been re-located to Noida in September, 2012 and since then, Corporate office of petitioner-Company located in Delhi, is running in one room only, whereas the impugned Reference has been made in November, 2013.

4. According to petitioners' counsel, situs of employment of respondent-workmen was in the State of Uttar Pradesh, as petitioners' General Manager, Human Resource, who had terminated the services of respondents-workmen, was located in petitioner's establishment at FC-8, Sector