JUDGMENT

Banerjee, J.-Redressal of grievances of the Cafeteria workers in Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Nainital by reason of an award of the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Haldwani, Uttar Pradesh and subsequent confirmation thereof by the High Court prompted the University to move this Court in Appeal against the same.

2. G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and technology established under U.P. Agricultural University Act, 1958 happens to be a residential University having about 14 hotels to provide accommodation to the students and a Cafeteria to provide food services to the residents of the hostels and others. There are about 170 employees working in these Cafeterias and these are the employees who claim regularisation of the services as regular employees of the University which, however, stands negated by the University authority. The records depict that by reason of refusal to accept such a claim, the disputes were referred under two separate References in terms of Section 4(k) of the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Disputes Act in November 1991 which were registered as Reference No. 141 of 1991 and 142 of 1991. The Labour Court upon acceptance of the