The prayer in all these writ petitions are to quash the common award dated 11.10.2004 passed in I.D.Nos.887/1998, 888/1998, 889/1998, 64/1999, 65/1999, 108/2001, 110/2001 and 312/2001.

2. The eight individual workmen, engaged in the second respondent management on daily wage basis, have jointly filed W.P.No.3211 of 2006 challenging the award of the Labour Court dated 11.10.2004 denying reinstatement with continuity of service and backwages, whereas W.P.Nos.10711 to 10718 of 2006 are filed by the management against the respective workman so far as the grant of compensation at the rate of Rs.25,000/- to them.

3. The issue arises for consideration in all these writ petitions being one and the same and common award is passed by the Labour Court, all these writ petitions are disposed of by this common order.

4. The case of the workmen are, the Erode District Co-Operative Milk Producers Union (hereinafter called the Management) is having Dairy Plant at Chithoor and Milk Chilling Centres at Sankarandampalayam, Sathyamangalam and Thalavadi. The Management is collecting and processing milk and manufacturing bye-products such as cream, butter, ghee and milk powder. The workmen w