S.R. Brahmbhatt, J.

1. In this group of matters, the main matters i.e. Special Civil Applications have arisen on account of dispute between the employer and its workmen on various aspects, which gave rise to the Industrial Dispute, which came to be referred to the Competent Tribunal at the relevant time. All these matters have been appearing upon the original proceedings and developments and incidents arising therefrom, therefore, they were always listed together and were heard and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The difference and dispute, as it is stated hereinabove, is in respect of the employer and workmen or their heirs and therefore, the historic background in which the development of events took place would require to be adverted to in order to appreciate the real controversy and parties' approach, conduct and their stand taken in these matters time and again. Therefore, the facts as could be gathered from these matters deserve to be set out herebelow, and thereafter individual matters, prayers and contentions could be set out, that would make things cle