JUDGMENT :

M.R. SHAH, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 09.03.2018, passed by the learned Single Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore in W.P. (S) No. 1083 of 2004 and the impugned judgment and order dated 12.11.2018 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court in W.A. (S) No. 813 of 2018, by which the High Court has dismissed the said appeals preferred by the appellant herein-employer confirming the judgment and order passed by the Industrial Tribunal ordering reinstatement and directing that the concerned employees/workmen were the employees of the appellant- principal employer, the principal employer-Kirloskar Brothers Limited has preferred the present appeals.

2. The case on behalf of the appellant-principal employer in a nutshell is as under:

2.1 That respondent Nos. 1 to 6 herein were contractual labourers of the respondent No. 7, who was a contractor engaged by the appellant in terms of contract dated 22.04.1995, which was renewed from time to time, including on 01.08.1995. Upon entering into the contract, necessary compliances under Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as