CHIEF ENGINEER BETWA RIVER BOARD JHANSI Vs. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL-CUM-LABOUR COURT KANPUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) S. U. Khan, J. This writ petition is directed against the award dated 15-7-1996 given by respondent No. 1 in the following industrial disputes : Industrial dispute Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38, 39, 46, 48, 54, 55, 56, 57 of 1990 and 113 of 1993 (total No. 41 ). All the employees who raised the aforesaid disputes were daily rated workers (daily wagers ).

(2.) CENTRAL Government, Ministry of Labour, New Delhi through its notification dated 1-1-1990 referred the following dispute to the Labour Court : "whether the demand of union to regularize the workmen (named below) of Betwa River Board, Rajghat Dam, Nandanpura, Jhansi against the post on which they are working with retrospective effect from the date of their appointment is justified? If yes, to what relief the concerned workman are entitled. "

(3.) AT this stage it may be mentioned that similar references were made in respect of several work charge employees of the same Board, i. e. , Betwa River Board and similar directions as given, in the instant case were also given by the Tribunal in respect of those work charged employees. The said award was challenged through Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 4442 of 1997. However, meanwhile, the Board regularized their services hence the said writ petition according to learned Counsel for both the parties became infructuous and was dismissed as such on 21-8-2006.