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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY, J
Tamilnadu Minerals Ltd., rep. by the Chairman and Managing Director – Appellant
Versus
Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal, High Court Building, Chennai – Respondent
ORDER :
(D. BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY, J.)
A. The Petitions:
These two Writ Petitions were filed 23 years ago. They challenge the same award of the Industrial Tribunal, Chennai, dated 22.06.2001 made in I.D.No.66 of 1990. By the said award, the Tribunal answered the reference partly in favour of the workmen holding that they are entitled for reinstatement into service.
1.1. Aggrieved by the same, the Management, namely, Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited, a public sector undertaking fully owned and sponsored by the Government of Tamil Nadu, has preferred W.P.No.22028 of 2002. Since the award did not grant back wages and also did not specifically mention continuity of service and other benefits, one of the two Trade Unions that had filed Claim Petitions, namely, Mettur General Workers Union, had filed W.P.No.7814 of 2003 claiming back wages, continuity of service and other benefits to the 106 workmen it has been representing. As such, the Writ Petitions are disposed of by this common order.
B. The facts in brief:
2. The factual matrix, in which this labour conflict arises is that the Management was involved in quarrying minerals, specifically granites and at the relevant point in time, had more than
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