1. - In these two special appeals, the challenge is to the order dated July 3, 1997 passed by the learned Single Judge in the writ petition filed by the Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Employees Federation (in short RIICO Employees Union), quashing the orders issued by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (appellant in Special Appeal No. 1365 of 1997) limiting the maximum limit of salary for the purposes of calculation of the incentive bonus to all the employees of the Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (appellant in Special Appeal No. 1306 of 1997).

2. The crux of the matter is that the appellant RIICO in appreciation of hard work done by the employees sanctioned payment of monetary incentive equal to 5% of the salary/wages for the year 1979-80 vide order dated November 1, 1980. Upto the year 1991 these monetary incentives were sanctioned from time to time and for the year 1988-89, the incentive was @ 11.67% of the salary without any ceiling limit of salary. The Rajasthan Bureau of Public Enterprises vide letters dated December 23, 1985 and October 18, 1989 fixed the upper ceiling limit in the salary for monetary