These writ petitions are directed against the award passed by the Industrial Tribunal, Chennai in I.D.No.29 of 2006 dated 12.02.2009, refixing the wages of workmen of Hosur Bata Employees Union. While W.P.No.4938 of 2009 is filed by the management of Bata India Limited, W.P.No.5833 of 2009 is filed by the workmen who made the claim before the Industrial Tribunal.

2. Bata India Limited is a multinational Indian subsidiary company and leading manufacturer of footwears having its Head Office at Gurgaon, Haryana. It has factories in India at Bangalore, Calcutta, Delhi, Faridabad, Hosur and Mokamehghat in Bihar and it has about 1600 showrooms of its own in the country and 2000 showrooms run by its dealers. That apart, there are many number of retail footwear shops.

2(a). The issue involved in the award relates to the wages of workers in Hosur factory of Bata India Limited. The Hosur factory is said to have been started in March, 1994 engaged in the manufacturing of shoes and sandals for men and women including the premium quality footwears such as, Hush Puppies, Hush Puppies Z Strap, Pinoso, Pinoso Wallapy, Pinoso New, Bounce 1, 2, 3, Ananda Bounce, Wind Classic, Flesmoc, Gap,