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[WP(C) Nos.6153/2019, 6022/2019, 6149/2019, 6137/2019, 6104/2019, 6084/2019, 11174/2020, 11242/2020, 11808/2020, 11813/2020, 11839/2020 and 18459/2020] These writ petitions pertain to an industrial dispute raised by the workers employed with the Matsyafed in Labour Court, Ernakulam. W.P(C) Nos.6022, 6084, 6104, 6137, 6149 and 6153 of 2019 are filed by the Management against the workmen challenging the award issued by the Labour Court and W.P(C) Nos.11174, 11242, 11808, 11813, 11839 and 18459 of 2020 are filed by the workmen against the findings in the very same award as regards their claim for back wages.
2. The short facts necessary for the disposal of these writ petitions as culled out from W.P(C) No.6022 of 2019 are as follows:
The 1st petitioner is the Managing Director of the Matsyafed and the 2nd petitioner is the Manager of the Net Factory run by the Matsyafed, an Apex Society under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969. The 1st respondent was engaged as an W.P(C) No.6153 of 2019 and con.cases 2025:KER:6217 "operator" in the Net Factory of the petitioner for a period of 179 days purely on contract basis, as seen from Ext.P2 agreement entered into between the Management and the 1st respondent workman. Pursuant to certain complaints raised by the workman, the District Labour Officer issued Ext.P3 dated 27.04.2009 to the 1st petitioner herein, directing the workmen to be extended same wages as that of Operator Grade-II. This was followed with Ext.P4, minutes of the meeting between the Management and certain workmen, agreeing to implement the directives to be issued by the Management. On the basis of the afore, Ext.P5 was issued by the Managing Director dated 24.02.2010 extending the wages of Operator Grade-III to the workmen like 1st respondent herein and deciding to extend the scale of Operator Grade-II on completion of 10 years' service.