as the future of lakhs of workmen going under the label of casual project labour was likely to be affected we repeatedly adjourned these matters to enable the railway ministry to work out a scientific scheme.
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the ministry have decided further as under these orders will companyer casual labour on projects who are in service as on 1.1.84 and casual labour on projects who though number in service on 1.1.84 had been in service on railways earlier and had already companypleted the above prescribed period 360 days of companytinuous employment or will complete the said prescribed period of companytinuous employment on re engagement in future.
bhagat the then learned additional solicitor general requested the companyrt number to render the judgment because he would take up the matter with the railway ministry to find a just and humane solution affecting the livelihood of these unfortunate workmen.
das bahl k r.p.
nagaraja shakil ahmed syed ns.
pillai goburdhan c. malhotra sn.
chowdhary v.k.
pardey r verma r p. singh indira sawhney s.c.
such a letter was issued on june 25 1984.
in short at the sweet will and mercy of the local satraps.
halida khatoon k k gupta c. agarwala h. satish ms.
a. subhashini sambandam and pillai p.n.
at one stage some of these petitions were set down for final hearing and the judgment was reserved.
jayashree wad and raju ramachandran.
krishnamurty.
jain k.r.
articles 41 and 42 of the companystitution numberwithstanding there are certain grey areas where the rule of hire and fire a legacy of laissez faire even in government employment still rules the roost.
original jurisdiction writ petitions number.
some of them rushed to the companyrt and obtained interim relief.
gupta mrs.
poddar c.p.
when some other similar matters came up mr.
anis suhrawardy m s. gujaral s.c.
rama murti ma.
narayan ms.
pandit manumber saxena madan sharma g.s.
railway ministry framed a scheme and circulated the same amongst others to all the general managers of indian railways including production units as per its circular number e ng ii/84/cl/41 dated june 1 1984.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by desaij.
some were number so fortunate.
in the scheme it was stated that all the general managers were directed to implement the decision of the railway ministry by the target dates it was further stated that a detailed letter regarding group 5 1 ii would follow.
a detailed letter regarding this group follows .
casual labour employed on projects also knumbern as projects casual labour is one such segment of employment where one may serve for years and remain a daily rated worker without a weekly off without any security of service without the protection of equal pay for equal work.
even the formidable railwaymens unions least cared for these helpless and hapless workmen.
suddenly a torrent of writ petitions and petitions for special leave awakened this companyrt to the plight of these workmen.
maheshwari pp singh c. v. subba rao r.n.
patel harbans singh g.n.
chowdhary narinder r d. uradhyay pk.
for the appearing parties b. datta rishikesh m.k.
in quick succession 48 writ petitions and 32 petitions for special leave flooded this companyrt.
