(1.) Delay condoned in SLP (C) No. 1386 of 2001 (CC No. 2360).
(2.) Leave granted in all the special leave petitions.
(3.) The aforesaid appeals raise common questions hence are being disposed of by means of this common judgment. These appeals arise out of industrial disputes through references by the Government of Gujarat under Section 10(1)(C) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. It raised the following questions :