JUDGMENT

K.G. Balakrishnan, J.-Appellant - Haryana Tourism Corporation Limited in these appeals is a Government-owned company incorporated under the Companies Act. The appellant-corporation was engaged in the tourism-related activities in the State of Haryana. As part of its activities, the appellant-corporation started various fast food centres and tourist complexes in different parts of the State and utilized the services of these respondents to meet the day-to-day requirements of work. The respondents in these appeals were engaged either as Kitchen Helper, Mali or Sweeper and according to the appellant-corporation, these respondents were given daily-wage appointments. The fast food centres/tourist complexes in question were started on 8.11.1988. The appellant alleged that soon after these fast food centres and tourist complexes were started, many of them started running into losses and in 1991, the State Govt. re-considered the matter and took a policy decision to discontinue the running of some of them and that the appellant-corporation returned these outlets to the Transport Department. This change of policy, the appellant stated, necessitated the retrenchment of the respondent