( 1 ) THIS matter has been placed before us on Office note as to the maintainability of the Letters Patent Appeal sought to be filed by the appellants.

( 2 ) THE relevant facts are as follows : Appellants filed Writ Petition No. 16523 of 1991 under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the respondents to implement the settlement arrived at dated 26-10-1991 entered into by the respondents with the Union under S. 12 (3) of the Industrial Disputes Act before the Officer-cum-Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Warangal. The said writ petition was disposed of by a learned single Judge of this Court on 20-4-1992 in the following terms :"in view of the above, there will be a direction that the respondents shall consider the claims of the petitioners for appointment as Helpers in terms of the Settlement dated 26-10-1991 which the respondents had entered into with the Trade Union representing the petitioners. I make it absolutely clear that I am not pronouncing upon the entitlement of the petitioners to be treated as workmen directly employed by the State Electricity Board. I rest this decision entirely on the basis of the Industrial agreement which is enforceable as lo

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