ORDER :

Leave granted.

2. These appeals are directed against the judgment and order dated 15th January, 2013 passed by the Allahabad High Court in Civil Miscellaneous Writ Petition Nos.23076, 23077, 23078 and 23079 of 2007.

3. Appellant No.1 was appointed as a computer operator with the respondent on 1st December, 1992. Appellant Nos. 2 to 4 were similarly appointed as computer operators with the respondent from sometime between January, 1994 and May, 1994.

4. According to the appellants, their services were satisfactory and there was no break in their services, but in spite of this, their services were terminated by an oral order on 3rd October, 1999.

5. Feeling aggrieved by the termination, the appellants raised an industrial dispute and reference was made to the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (for short "CGIT"). The CGIT gave its award on 27th December, 2006. It was held by the CGIT that the services of the appellants were terminated contrary to Section 25(f) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 inasmuch as they were not paid any retrenchment compensation nor were they paid any notice pay. Accordingly, the CGIT directed their reinstatement with full back wages.

6. At this stag