ORDER :

1. While W.P. No.20239/2013 was heard on 14.2.2025 and orders were reserved on the said date, however, W.P. Nos.17860 and 17861 of 2013 were listed for hearing on 21.2.2025 and since the larger issue therein was connected with the issue raised in W.P. No.20239/2013, though only a smaller relief was sought for in the said writ petitions, in view of the said larger question that falls for consideration, both the petitions are taken up together for final disposal through the present common order.

2. For the sake of convenience, the petitioner in W.P. No.20239/2013, which is the Union, shall be referred to as workmen and the petitioner in W.P. Nos.17860 and 17861/2013, who is the 1^st respondent in W.P. No.20239/2013 shall be referred to as the Management.

3. W.M.P. Nos.17670 and 17672/2023, which have been filed by the petitioner in W.P. Nos.17860 and 17861/2013 to implead the legal heirs of the deceased respondents 12, 39, 53 and 57 are ordered as prayed for. Registry is directed to carry out the necessary amendment to the cause title.

FACTS IN W.P. NO.20239/2013 :

4. It is the case of the petitioner that it is a Trade Union consisting of about 1000 employees, who are working under