JUDGMENT :

S.M. SUBRAMANIAM, J.

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records in I.D. No. 522/95 to I.D. No. 532/95 orders dated 16.06.2009, on the file of II Addl. Labour Court, Chennai and quash the same and thus render justice.

1. The Award dated 16.06.2009 passed in I.D. No. 522/95 to I.D. No. 532/95 are under challenge in the present writ petition.

2. The petitioners state that they were employed for the period from the year 1966 to 1975. The respondent Management retrenched 81 employees on 22.09.1975 without any information. The Retrenchment was effected during the emergency period and the employees submitted a representation to the Governor of Tamil Nadu on 16.04.1976, to reinstate them to services with back wages. The representation was forwarded to the Conciliation officer and the respondent Management entered appearance and filed their reply. The Management failed to produce the records in relation to the services of the writ petitioners including Attendance Registers and other records. The Conciliation proceedings ended in failure and a failure report was submitted on 12.06.1981. Ther