Madhuresh Prasad, J.—Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for Indian Oil Corporation.

2. The petitioners have approached this Court praying for issuance of directions to the respondent-corporation to treat them in the regular establishment in the grade of Junior Operator, Grade-I, from the date on which they were initially engaged as casual workers, i.e. 19.11.1998 and for all consequential benefits.

3. The petitioners were empanelled in the Approved List of Casual Persons (hereinafter referred to as ALCP for brevity). They were to be given job assignments at the locations, by maintaining their attendance in a separate register.

4. The issue regarding the petitioners’ engagement as above was opposed by some unrecognised labour unions which led to institution of Reference Case No. 32 of 1999 before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal, Kolkata.

5. On 11.07.2011, the Central Government Industrial Tribunal at Kolkata held as follows:—

22. In view of all the discussions made above, I am of the view that in the present reference the workmen union has miserably failed to establish that the action of the management in recruiting/inducting the 28 casual workmen, e