C O M M O N J U D G M E N T

1.Heard.

2.The Petitioner is the Co-operative Milk Producers Union of Tiruvannamalai District. These writ petitions have been filed challenging the orders passed by the 1st Respondent, the competent authority under the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (Conferment of Permanent Status to Workmen) Act, 1981. By the impugned orders dated 16.03.2020, the authority directed the Petitioner Union to confer permanent status upon 19 workmen, whose details are the subject matter of these writ petitions. The authority held that each of the said workmen had completed 480 days of service within a continuous period of 24 calendar months, thereby satisfying the statutory requirement for conferment of permanent status. The annexures to the impugned orders enumerate the names of the workmen, their respective dates of initial engagement, their designations, and the dates from which they were deemed to have acquired permanent status.

3.When both writ petitions were listed for admission on 03.12.2021, this Court ordered notice to the Respondents and granted an interim stay of the impugned orders. Pursuant to such notice, the Respondents entered appearance through counsel an