UNION OF INDIA Vs. VARTAK LABOUR UNION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Challenge in these appeals, by special leave, is to the judgments and orders dated 27th March, 2001 and 22nd January, 2003 delivered by a Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court at Guwahati in Writ Appeal No. 548 of 1996 whereby it has directed Appellant No. 1 viz. Union of India to regularize the services of the members of the Respondent Union, employed by the Border Roads Organization (for short the "BRO"), as postulated in Office Memo No. Sectt. BRDB ID No. BRDB/04(90)/99- GE-II dated 2nd February, 2001. Appellants No. 2 to 17 are the functionaries of Appellant No. 1.

(2.) Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts essential for adjudication of the present appeals may be stated as follows:

(3.) Vide judgment dated 27th August, 1996, the High Court allowed the writ petition, and directed Appellant No. 1 to regularize the services of the members of the Respondent who have been in service for more than five years, within six months of the date of order.