Arijit Pasayat, J.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the `ONGC) calls in question legality of the judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Guwahati High Court, Agartala Bench, dismissing the writ appeal filed by the appellants and thereby affirming order passed by the learned Single Judge in the writ petition (Civil Rule No. 144/1992).

2. Factual background in a nutshell is as follows:

In May, 1992 respondent filed a writ petition before the Guwahati High Court claiming that he had been working as casual worker in ONGC since November, 1982 with intermittent lay offs and but for such intermittent lay offs which were deliberate, he would have worked for more than 240 days and in any event during the period 1989-90 and 1990-91 he had worked continuously for more than 240 days. It was averred that from 2.12.1984 to 10.6.1985 he had worked as an Automobile Mechanic Helper which established that he is a skilled mechanic and entitled to the said post on a regular basis. It was further claimed that on 10.1.1992 he made a representation/demand seeking regularization in the post of Automobile Mechanic but the same was rejected by communication dated 30.4.1992.