The petitioner in W.P.(C)No.23110/2013, the Co-operative Coir Marketing Federation, an entity under the Kerala State Co-operative Societies Act, 1969, has assailed Exhibit P12 judgment of the third respondent Tribunal; whereas in the rest of the writ petitions, the employees-- some retired and some in service--sought implementation of Exhibit P9 Award, as affirmed in Ext.P12 judgment of the third respondent Tribunal.

2. The first petitioner in WP(C)No.16202/2012 is an Employees' Union, while the second petitioner is an employee, apart from being member of the said Union. The petitioners in the rest of the writ petitions are the employees working in Kerala State Coir Marketing Federation Ltd., the petitioner in W.P.(C) No.23110/2013 and respondent in all other writ petition.

3. Since the issue is common in all the writ petitions, in some cases conversely though, all the writ petitions, involving the same respondent, are taken up for consideration together and disposed of through a common judgment. For ease of reference and elucidation, I take as the basis for discussion the facts narrated and documents placed in W.P.(C)No.23110/2013.

4. The petitioner is the Apex Federation