( 1 ) RULE. Service of rule is waived by learned Advocate Mr. Nayak on behalf of M/s. Trivedi and Gupta for the original petitioner. In the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and with consent of both the learned Advocates, the matter is taken up for final hearing. Heard Mrs. Vasavdatta Bhatt for the applicants original respondents " workmen and Mr. Nayak, learned Advocate for M/s. Trivedi and Gupta for the present opponents-original petitioners-employer.

( 2 ) IN the main matter being Special Civil Application NO. 8063 of 2004, the petitioners are challenging the award made by the Industrial Tribunal, Rajkot in Reference (IT) NO. 160 of 1991 dated 29th November, 2003 wherein the Industrial Tribunal Rajkot has partly allowed reference and granted reinstatement in favour of the present applicants being Safai Kamdar on the basis of original seniority of the year 1982 and not granted any amount of back wages for an interim period. Services of the present applicants were terminated on 30. 9. 1988 against which the reference was made by the appropriate Government on 8th August, 1991. In the main matter, rule was issued by this court and initially ad interim relief in terms of p

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