They allege that they are being exploited by the Union of India.
Wing of P T. The employment of casual labour in the Telecom.
They have produced the order of the Director General, Posts and Telegraphs Department bearing No.
which are enjoyed by those who have been recruited regularly.
The relevant part of the order reads thus No.
The skilled labour companysists of labour doing technical work, who hold requisite degrees diplomas.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.
The semi skilled labour companysists of carpenters, wiremen, draftsmen, A.C. mechanics etc.
and are mostly engaged in digging, carrying loads and other similar types of work.
Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India .
K. Goel, E.X. Joseph and N.S. Das Bahl for the petitioners.
The unskilled labour companysists of safai workers, helpers, peons etc.
373 of 1986.
C. Mahajan, Girish Chandra, Mrs. Sushma Suri and Miss Subhashini for the Respondents.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by VENKATARAMIAH, J. These petitions are filed on behalf of persons who are working as Daily Rated Casual Labour in the Posts and Telegraphs Department.
The Daily Rated Casual Labour includes three broad categories of workers, namely, unskilled, semiskilled and skilled.
28 II/77 SR STN dated 15.5.1980 which prescribes the rate or rates of wages payable to the casual labour in the Telecommunication Wing of the Department.
28 II/77 SR STN Office of the Director General Posts and Telegraphs, New Delhi 1, 15.5.1980 To Subject Increase in rate of daily wages for the casual labour employed in the Telecom.
302 of 1986 was filed on 5.2.1986 for the issue of a writ in the nature of mandamus to the Union of India to direct it to pay to the petitioners same salary and allowances and other benefits as are being paid to the regular and permanent employees of the Union of India in the companyresponding cadres and to direct the Union of India to regularise the service of the casual labour who had been in companytinuous service for more than six months.
