JUDGMENT

Dalveer Bhandari, J.

1. Leave granted in all the Special Leave Petitions.

2. These appeals emanate from the judgment of the High Court of Delhi delivered in LPA No.38 of 2007, LPA No.1065 of 2007, Writ Petition (C) No.139 of 2008 and Writ Petition (C) No.6763 of 2008 on December 18, 2009.

3. The short question which arises for consideration in these appeals is whether the Notification dated 26th July, 2004 issued by the Central Government under Section 10 (1) of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (for short, `CLRAA') prohibiting employment of contract labour of trolley retrievals in the establishment of the Airport Authority of India (for short, `AAI') at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and Domestic Airport at Delhi would be applicable to the Delhi International Airport Private Limited (for short, `DIAL') or not?

4. This judgment would decide these appeals preferred before this Court against the following Letters Patent Appeals and Writ Petitions decided by the High Court:

a) Indira Gandhi International Airport TDI Karamchari Union v. Union of India and others - LPA No.38 of 2007

This Letters Patent Appeal was filed against the judgment of the lear