A. B. SRIVASTAVA, J.

( 1 ) THIS bunch of 18 writ petitions is a corollary to an industrial dispute, rasied by the Kanpur prani Udyan Karmchari Sangh in respect of eighteen workmen, who are the respondent No. 3 in each of the eighteen writ petitions. Since these writ petitions raise common question of law and facts, and the awards of the Industrial Tribunal in each of these cases are similar, these have been heard together and are being disposed of by a common judgment.

( 2 ) THE Kanpur Prani Udyan, for short Udyan, is an establishment of the Forest Department of the state of U. P. The Respondent No. 3 in each of these petitions are admittedly the employees of the Udyan, all of whom, except Respondent Jogender Gaur in writ petition No. 23373 of 1992 who is a Dakia, Rameshwar Prasad in Writ Petition No. 30531 of 1992, Lab. Assistant, Ram naresh in Writ Petition No. 30580 of 1992, Bhagwan Das in Writ peti- tion No. 30532 of 1992, mahesh in Writ petition No. 30533 of 1992, Shyam Bahu in Writ petition No. 30590 of 1992, all sweepers, Parsu Ram in Writ Petition No. 30576 of 1992 carpenter, Munshi Lal, Fodder Cutter, ra-meswhar Food Distributor, Saheb Lal, Cook in Writ petition No. 30587

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