Oral Judgment :

1 All these Petitioners are the original Complainants before the 5 Labour Court. The Respondent/ Management is the same Industry. Hence, all these Petitions are being heard together by the consent of the parties.

2 The Petitioners are aggrieved by the judgment of the Industrial Court dated 03.05.2003 passed in Review Application No.7/2003.

3 I have considered the strenuous submissions of the learned Advocates for the respective sides.

4 These Petitioners, after approaching the Labour Court on account of their termination by the Respondent Establishment, had partly succeeded. The Labour Court partly allowed their complaints and issued the following directions :-

"Complaint is partly allowed.

It is hereby declared that the respondents have followed unfair labour practice under Item 1 (a) and (c) of MRTU & PULP Act.

The respondents are directed to desist from it permanently by paying the backwages to the complainant from the date of his termination till 31.12.1992 at the rate of his last drawn wages.

The respondent is directed to pay further backwages for the period from 01.01.1993 till the date of closure to the complainant at the rate of his last drawn wages, but after deduc