(1.) PETITIONER -Management has prayed for quashing the award dated 7.8.1997 passed by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal No. 1, Dhanbad (respondent No. 1) in Reference No. 183 of 1989, directing regularisation of 125 persons/concerned workmen in Category I with effect from 1.10.1998 with 40% of full back wages and other benefits.
(2.) THE following dispute was referred for adjudication vide reference letter dated 24.11.1989:
(3.) THE case of the Union in short is that the workmen were working directly under the management. To prove this, the Union produced water supply registers signed by the employees of the management. 1 It was further said that the workmen worked for more than 240 days.