JUDGMENT :

1. All these petitions have been filed by the petitioner- Bhavnagar District Panchayat under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India with a prayer to set aside common award passed by the Labour Court, Bhavnagar in Reference (LCB) Nos.99, 101, 114, 115, 116, 117 and 118 of 1992, whereby the petitioner herein has been directed to reinstate all the workmen with continuity of service and 10% backwages with all ancillary benefits. Details of the different Special Civil Applications preferred against different workmen and reference numbers in which the award is passed by the Labour Court, Bhavnagar, are as under:-