( 1 ) FIRST writ petition has been filed by the workmen through their Union - Engineering kamgaar Union against the employer M/s. Indure limited, Ghaziabad. The second writ has been filed by the same employer against their workmen through their Union - Engineering Kamgaar Union. The bone of contention between the parties is interpretation of Government Order dated 15-5-2000 issued by Labour Department-1, Government of uttar Pradesh under section 3 (b) of U. P. Industrial disputes Act fixing wages, for Engineering Industry/ engineering Units employing 50 or more workmen. In the said Government Order such industries which employ more than 50 workmen have been divided into two categories. First category consists of those Industries which employ more than 50 but less than 500 workmen and the second category is of those Industries which employ more than 500 workmen. The employer in these writ petitions falls within the first category as number of workmen employed by it is in between 50 and 500. The petitioners were heard on two or three dates. Learned counsel for the employer argued only one point and that was that prior to the date of the aforesaid government Order emplo