JUDGMENT :

N.V.ANJARIA, J.

All these appeals arise out of common judgment dated 16.10.2019 of learned single Judge in respect of the Special Civil Applications. The petitions in turn arose out of common judgment and award of Labour Court, Nadiad in different Reference cases.

1.1 All the appeals were notified together and were heard together. They are treated for present judgment simultaneously since the facts involved are similar and the issues identical.

2. In all Reference cases, the Labour Court directed reinstatement of the workman concerned with 25% backwages. Reference (LCN) Case No.64 of 2008 was treated as main which correspond to Special Civil Application No.5501 of 2017, which in turn became subject matter of challenge in Letters Patent Appeal No.599 of 2022, the first captioned appeal herein. Learned single Judge dismissed all the petitions upholding the judgment and award of the Labour Court of reinstatement and backwages as above.

3. Before the Labour Court, it was the workmen in statement of claim at Exhibit 4 inter alia stated that they were appointed in service in va