BOKARO ISPAT KAMGAR UNION Vs. CHAIRMAN, SAIL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS writ petition has been preferred by petitioner Bokaro Ispat Kamgar Union for a direction on the management of Bokaro Steel Plant to absorb the employees of Bokaro Steel City Central Consumer Co -operative Stores Limited (for short Co -operative Stores Ltd.) and to pay them salary and other benefits at par with the employees of Bokaro Steel Limited.

(2.) THE main plea was taken by the counsel for the petitioner that the Co - operative Stores Ltd. is an organ of Bokaro Steel Limited. For all purposes, it is being run by the management of Bokaro Steel Limited and the Principal Employer of employees of Cooperative Stores Limited is the Bokaro Steel Ltd.

(3.) AN agreement was entered into between the management of Bokaro Steel Ltd. and Negotiation Committee to supply the essential commodities to the employees of the Bokaro Steel Ltd. vide memorandum dated 27th October. 1970 and the management of Bokaro Steel Ltd. (BSL for short) explicitly decided to provide essential commodities to the Co -operative Stores Ltd.