JUDGMENT - A.Y. SAKHARE, J.:---By this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners are praying for declaration that there exists relationship of master and servant between the petitioners and the respondent No. 1 and that the respondent No. 1 be declared as direct employer of the security guards as per the list at Ex. 'A' within the meaning of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The petitioners have also prayed for injunction against the respondent No. 1 from terminating the services of the security guards.

2. As per petitioners, the respondent No. 1 is an appropriate Government for the purposes of the notification dated 9-12-1976 issued by the Central Government under the provisions of the Contract Labour (Regulation Abolition) Act, 1971. As per the petitioners, in view of this notification, the respondent No. 1 is prohibited from employing contract labours for sweeping, cleaning, dusting and watching of building owned by the establishment in respect of which Central Government is the owner. As per the petitioners, as per definition of the 'appropriate Government' as amended in 1986 under the provisions of the Contract Labour (Regulation Abolit

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