JUDGMENT :

A.S. SUPEHIA, J.

1. The present Letters Patent Appeals have been filed by the appellant – Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (hereinafter referred to as “the appellant – AMTS”) under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, 1860. These appeals are directed against the common judgment and order dated 24.02.2016 passed by the learned Single Judge, whereby the writ petitions filed by the appellant – AMTS challenging the award dated 29.06.2010 passed by the Labour Court, Ahmedabad in Reference (LCA) No.1086 of 2002, came to be rejected.

2. By the aforesaid award, the Labour Court partly allowed the reference and directed the appellant – AMTS to pay to the respondent–employees compensation in accordance with Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (in short “the I.D. Act”) for each year of service rendered by them.

3. Aggrieved by the said award, both the appellant – AMTS as well as the respondent–employees preferred writ petitions being Special Civil Application Nos.5680 of 2011, 9202 of 2011, 5849 of 2011 and 5863 of 2011. The learned Single Judge, by a common judgment, allowed the writ petitions filed by the respondent–workmen and rejected the writ petition filed by the a