S. B. SINHA, C. J.

( 1 ) THIS writ petition is directed against a judgment dated June 16, 2000 passed by the central Administrative Tribunal in OS No. 261 of 1999 whereby and whereunder the petitioners application was dismissed. Bereft of all the unnecessary details, the basic fact of the matter is as follows:

( 2 ) A notification purported to be under section 10 (1) of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (the Act, for brevity) was issued on or about December 9, 1976, which is to the following effect:"in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 10 of the Contract labour (Regulation and Abolition Act, 1970 (37 of 1970)), the Central Government after consultation with the Central Advisory, contract Labour Board, hereby prohibits- employment of contract labour on and from march 1, 1977, for sweeping, cleaning, dusting and watching of buildings owned or occupied by establishments in respect of, which the appropriate Government under- the Act is the Central Government: provided that this notification shall not apply to the outside cleaning and other maintenance operations of multi-storied buildings where such cleaning or maintenance operations

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