Subramonian Poti, J.

1. These writ appeals arise from the Judgments in O. P. 1940 of 1974, 1951 of 1974 and 2025 of 1974. The Original Petitions were disposed of by a common judgment along with a number of other petitions wherein also the same questions arose. The appeals before us have been referred by a Division Bench of this Court for hearing by a Full Bench in view of the importance of the questions raised. Three minimum wage notifications in regard to employees in tea and rubber, coffee and cardamom plantations in the State are under challenge. In O. P. 1940 of 1974 the petitioner challenged the notification Ext. P20 which concerned the revision of minimum wages for employees in tea and rubber plantations. O. P. 1951 of 1974 concerned the minimum wage revision regarding cardamom that being the notification under Ext. P22 in O. P. 1940 of 1974. In O. P. 2025 of 1974 the petitioner was concerned with the challenge to the fixation of minimum wages in regard to coffee, the notification being Ext. P21 in O. P. 1940 of 1974. For the sake of convenience we are referring to