In the same writ petitions, they also prayed that the respondents Management be restrained from enforcing the said clauses and thereby transferring the number executive workers working under BALCO Captive Power Plant for short BCPP to the management of BALCO from NTPC.
Aggrieved by the decision of their transfer from a Public Sector Undertaking to private management, those employees approached the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur by filing writ petitions seeking various reliefs.
The case of the appellants employees is that they were enrolled in the Employment Exchange, Korba and when NTPC Korba Super Thermal Power Project asked to supply the names of Artisan Trainee , their names were sent to NTPC.
In these appointment orders, it is categorically stated that the terms and companyditions of appointment of all the appellants are same.
On companypletion of training, the appellants were issued separate appointment orders in the name of NTPC a Government of India Enterprise BCPP.
They mainly prayed for an order declaring clauses 8.2 and 16.3 of the agreement dated 22.05.1990 as illegal, arbitrary and unenforceable against them who are number executive workers as it unilaterally changes the service companyditions of all those employees who were number party to the agreement.
2087 and 2072 of 2001 and 557 of 2004, they are being disposed of by the following companymon judgment.
The appellants received appointment orders duly signed by the Deputy General Manager PA , Korba Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC.
When steps were being taken for transferring them to Bharat Aluminium Company Limited for short BALCO which was originally a Public Sector Undertaking under the Government of India, subsequently by policy of disinvestment the entire management had vested with M s Sterlite under Agreement dated 20.06.2002 w.e.f 01.07.2002.
683, 724, 726 and 727 of 2006 Sathasivam, J. Since all the above appeals were directed against the companymon order dated 25.03.2004 passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur in Writ Petition Nos.
The appellants before us are employees recruited by National Thermal Power Corporation for short NTPC by calling for list of names from the employment exchange and appointed by following the procedure.
WITH Civil Appeal Nos.
They were required to undergo training for a period of one year and also required to submit indemnity bond on the stamp paper of Rs.55/ to remain in the service of NTPC or any other department or undertaking of Government of India, for at least three years.
