( 1 ) ). IS there any valid ground on the basis of which the respondent- municipal Corporation can refuse to abide by the direction given in the award passed by the Industrial Tribunal in Reference (IT) No. 152 of 1985 decided on 21/12/1985 ? This and some other related questions arise in these petitions. At the request and with the consent of the learned Advocates appearing for the parties both the matters are ordered to be heard together and they are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

( 2 ) ). Special Civil Application No. 1362 of 1986 is filed by a Trade Union called Saijpur Bogha Nagar Palika Octroi Karmachari Mandal and by one of the members of the Union who is also an employee of Saijpur Bogha Nagar palika. The petition pertains to 89 employees whose names are mentioned at serial No. 1 to 89 in Annexure a to the petition. In respect of employees at serial No. 90 to 143 at Annexure b the petition is not pressed. One employee (serial No. 49) named Parmar Hareshbhai C. has expired during the pendency of the petition. After the dispute was referred to the Industrial Tribunal and decided by it, Saijpur Bogha Nagar Palika merged with the respondent-Ahmed