JUDGMENT

N.P. Singh, J.

1. This writ petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioners, alleging that, they had been employed by the respondent - Steel Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the Respondent) through various contractors at its Rourkela plant, but they are doing jobs which are perennial in nature and identical to the jobs which are being done by the regular employees of the said respondent. As such they are entitled to same pay which is being paid to the regular employees of the respondent and are entitled to be treated as the regular employees of the respondent. It is alleged that the respondent in order to frustrate the claims of the petitioners and other labourers similarly situated, to be treated as regular employees of the respondent, designated them as contract labourers. It has been asserted that the petitioners had been working for the respondent for the last 10 to 20 years under different contractors. The contractors used to be changed, but while awarding the contract, one of the terms incorporated in the agreement used to be, "the incoming contractors shall employ the workers of the respective outgoing contractors subject to the requirement of the j