S. N. BHATTACHARJEE, J.

( 1 ) RESPONDENTS herein, all being contract labourers in the department of Blast Furnace Relining (for short BFL) under the appellant No. 2 filed a writ application marked as Matter No. 3770 of 1994 alleging that although the State Government by its notification dated 22nd February, 1982 prohibited the employment of contract labour in any process or operation in the jobs specified therein including BFL employed by M/s Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) with effect from 1. 3. 82 by issuing notification under section 10 (1) of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 they have not been absorbed as workmen under the appellant and have been still working as contract labours in the same department. It is further alleged that petitioners were asked to appear before the Selection Committee on different dates for the post of unskilled workers and were required to submit application forms duly filed in with necessary documents on or before 19. 3. 1985 and since then a series of meetings at bipartite and tripartite levels with regard to the departmentalisation of jobs as well as absorption of contractor workmen were held and ultimately a memorandum of settle

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