Krishnamurthy for the Appellants.
The Act was to companyfer permanent status to workmen in various industrial establishments who have put in companytinuous service for a period of 480 days in a period of 24 calendar months in an industrial establishment.
From the Judgment and Order dated 5.2.1981 of the Madras High Court in W.P. Nos.
The companystitutional validity of the Act was challenged in a batch of writ petitions by various industrial establish ments before the High Court of Madras.
On 7th July 1985, the State of Tamil Nadu preferred this appeal challenging the judgment of the High Court.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeals Nos.
Shanta Vasudevan, K. Manohar, M.N. Krishnamani, Sunder Rao, Diwan Balak Ram, S. Vaidyanathan, S.R. Setia and K.V. Mohan for the Re spondents.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by JAGANNATHA SHETTY, J. The Tamil Nadu Government passed an Act called the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establish ments Conferment of Permanent Status to Workmen Act, 1981 The Act which came into force on 1st January, 1982.
3222 3241 of 1988.
Chidambaram, A.S. Nambiar, Smt.
59 18, 67 12, 7495, 7496, 7591, 8623, 8624 and 9088 of 1982, 502, 503, 1336, 2433, 3460, 3596, 3846, 6797, 8859, 104 18, 104 19 of 1983 and 5888 of 1984.
