JUDGMENT

Rajendra Babu, J.-

Civil Appeal No. 5992 of 1997:

The above appeal has been filed by the 1st respondent in W.P.No.16722 of 1996 before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, which, in turn, came to be filed by a group of workers seeking for a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the appellant in not absorbing them as its regular employees and not paying the pay and other benefits on par with the regular employees of the appellant-company is illegal and arbitrary, and to direct the appellant-company: (a) to absorb the workers as its regular employees; (b) to prescribe the appropriate scale of pay and other service conditions for them from the date of their initial appointment together with arrears of salary. A Division Bench of the High Court by a common order dated 24.1.97 in this and two other writ petitions passed the following order:

"The above cases, it is stated, are covered by the judgment in writ appeal No. 385 of 1996 dated 27.11.96. Let the petitions accordingly be disposed of and directions issued."

Hence, this appeal.

Civil Appeal No.3159 of 1997:

2. The above appeal has been filed by the 1st respondent in W.P. No.10967 of 1988, who was the appellant in W.A.No.1493 of