R. R. K. TRIVEDI, J.

( 1 ) ALL the aforesaid writ petitions are directed against the common award dated July 17, 1996 and questions of fact and law involved are identical. All the petitions can thus be conveniently disposed of by a common judgment to which parties have no objection. Writ Petition No. 35145 of 1996 shall be the leading case.

( 2 ) FACTS, in short, giving rise to these petitions are that Oriental Bank of Commerce, Kan-pur (hereinafter referred to as the Bank) appointed respondents workmen in these petitions as clerks for the period May 5, 1981 to July 22, 1981 and then from August 4, 1981 to August 13, 1981. From August 14, 1981 they were not allowed to work on these posts. The concerned workmen raised an Industrial dispute which was referred by the Central Government to the Tribunal vide order dated August 20, 1986. Both the parties filed their written statements and adduced evidence. The case of the workmen was that there were permanent vacancies of clerks on which they were appointed for a definite period. Their appointment was to meet the work of permanent nature though the appointment was temporary one and they were entitled to continue on the posts. However, by

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