R.M. SAVANT J.

1. The above Letters Patent Appeal is filed challenging the judgment and order dated 26-2-2010 of the Learned Single Judge of this Court (Anoop V. Mohta J.) by which order the above Writ Petition being No.5786 of 1997 filed by the Respondent No.1 came to be allowed and resultantly the judgment and order dated 29-4-1997 passed by the Learned Member of the Industrial Court, Solapur in Complaint ULP No.210 of 1989 and companion ULP's came to be set aside.

2. The facts involved in the above Letters Patent Appeal can in brief be stated thus:

The original complainants i.e. the Appellants herein were ex-servicemen and had applied for the post of watchman with the Respondent No.1 herein which is an Electricity Distribution Company. The said application was made by the complainants sometime in the year 1988. The complainants were appointed to the post of watchman on 15-2-1988 on contract basis on a fixed tenure on an consolidated salary of Rs.400/per month. The complainants rendered continuous services for a period of over 19 months and were given a break of two days and thereafter reemployed on contract basis and subject to the terms and conditions which were applicab