(1.) Theses five writ petitions are at the instance of the erstwhile employees and are filed for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to provide for employment to the dependants of the petitioners with all benefits from the date of termination of the employment as per National Coal Wage Agreements and other consequential reliefs.
(2.) These applications are disposed of by this common judgment and order as the common question of fact and law has arisen therein. For convenience, the W.P. No.1847(W) of 2009 is taken up first.
(3.) The following facts are not in dispute:-