NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J.

All these in-house appeals under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent are directed against a common order passed on 29.2.2016 by a learned Single Judge, making the interim order granted in the writ petitions on 22.4.2014 absolute subject to the condition that the petitioner - management pays to each of the employees in the writ petitions, a sum of Rs.75,000/-.

2. We notice that the respective writ petitions are directed against the orders passed by the Labour Court, Puducherry on 30.8.2012 in C.P.Nos.13 to 16 of 2012, filed by the workmen under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act claiming arrears of wages pursuant to the revision.

3. Sri Bharathi Mills and Swadeshi Cotton Mills, Puducherry had a long history. For the present purposes, it is sufficient for us to note that Sri Bharathi Mills and Swadeshi Cotton Mills have been taken over and some financial assistance was provided by the Government of Puducherry. For the purpose of ensuring that the mills would be able to survive and sustain, in the year 2007, the Government of Puducherry appointed M/s.South India Textile Research Association, Coimbatore for undertaking a techno-economic viability