Hon’ble Saumitra Dayal Singh, J.—All the aforesaid writ petitions have been filed by Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd., a body corporate, raising a common questions. Writ C No. 14105 of 2017 has been treated as the lead case, a brief statement of the dispute in each petition is given below :

Writ C No. 15082/2017 has been filed by the petitioner in respect of claim made by Sri Nitesh Gupta, who was appointed as Assistant Manager in the Supply Chain but who made a claim under Section 17(1) of the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) claiming himself to be a “working journalist”. The said claim has been allowed in the like manner as claim was allowed in the case of Anek Singh - the lead case.

Writ C No. 15085/2017 has been filed by the petitioner in respect of claim made by Sri Jaswant Rai, who was appointed as Assistant Executive in the Supply Chain but who made a claim under Section 17(1) of the Act. The said claim has been allowed in the like manner as claim w