1. In all these writ petitions, the petitioner/respondent before the Labour Court (hereinafter referred to as "the Management") has challenged the awards of the Labour Court in the industrial disputes raised by the first respondents/petitioners before the Labour Court (hereinafter referred to as "the employee(s)") under Section 2-A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for brevity, "the Act") directing the Management to reinstate the employees in service with full back-wages, continuity of service and all other attendant benefits.

2. By virtue of the judgment of the Hon'ble First Bench of this Court in W.A.Nos.1438 of 2008, etc. batch, dated 5.11.2008, it is informed that the employee in W.P.No.11860 of 2006 (G.Sumathi - I.D.No.633 of 2002), the employee in W.P.No.11539 of 2006 (K.U.Suresh Kumar - I.D.No.630 of 2002) and the employee in W.P.No.11204 of 2006 (R.Srinivasan - I.D.No.632 of 2002) were reinstated on 9.4.2009.

3. It is also brought to the notice of this Court that the employee in W.P.No.11648 of 2006 (M.Sankaran - I.D.No.735 of 2002), the employee in W.P.No.11081 of 2006 (P.G.Ranganathan - I.D.No.738 of 2002), the employee in W.P.No.11082 of 2006 (N.Sukumara