B. S. CHAUHAN, J.

( 1 ) ALL these writ petitions have been filed against the impugned Award of the Labour court dated May 14, 1998, by which the claim of the workmen had been accepted holding that the services of the workmen had been terminated without following the procedure prescribed under Section 25-F of the Industrial disputes Act, 1947 (for short, "the Act"), but in lieu of reinstatement, certain amount of compensation has been granted to the workmen.

( 2 ) CROSS writ petitions have been filed by the employer being aggrieved of the Award of compensation and by the workmen for not awarding reinstatement. As the employer is the same, facts are also identical and the Awards have also been made on similar line, all these petitions are disposed of by the common judgment and for the same, the facts of Writ petition No. 2623/1998 are being considered.

( 3 ) IN the said case, the workman was employed in July, 1979 and he worked up to november, 1991 and it was alleged that his services were terminated orally on November 30, 1991. The workman raised an industrial dispute and the Appropriate Government made a reference, vide order dated November 25, 1994: whether the services