V.G.ARUN, J.

The issue which arises for consideration in these writ petitions pertain to the registration of headload workers under the Kerala Headload Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare Scheme), 1983 ('the Scheme' for brevity) and pooling and deployment of the registered headload workers.

2. The petitioners and the party respondents in the writ petitions are headload workers having registration and issued with identity cards under Rule 26A of the Headload Workers Rules, 1981. In June, 2017, the Scheme was functionally implemented in the Methala-Udyam Kavala area in Asamannur Grama Panchayat. Thereupon, the petitioners and the party respondents, who were already registered and issued with identity cards under Rule 26A, submitted applications for registration under the Scheme. The Board granted registration to 12 members belonging to the STU (Swathanthra Thozhilali Union), 14 members belonging to the CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Unions) and 5 members belonging to the AITUC (All India Trade Union Congress). Even though 12 members belonging to INTUC (Indian National Trade Union Congress) had submitted applications for registration, that was not granted. The disputes