KAKINADA PORT STEEL BARGES AND DEEP WATER PORT WORKERS UNION KAKINADA Vs. GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, namely Kakinada Port Steel Barges & Deep Water Port Workers Union, which claims to be the majority workers union with 2,000 workers, in the establishment of Cocanada Chamber of Commerce, which operates in Kakinada Port, has filed these two writ petitions.

(2.) The petitioner initially filed W.P. No. 16388 of 2008, praying to grant the following relief:

(3.) Kakinada Port is located on the southern part of India. It is the principal sea port amongst the minor ports in India. Kakinada Port comprises of Kakinada Anchorage Port and Kakinada Deep Water Port. At the Anchorage Port, the cargo is transported through privately owned Boats and Steel Barges from the ship to shove and vice-versa through the commercial canal. Kakinada Port functions under the control of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Respondent No. 2, namely the Government, which controls Kakinada Port, is empowered to frame rules for its administration. In exercise of its controlling power, the Government had been framing rules from time to time, for its administration, including for regulation of entry into the Port.