( 1 ) THIS writ petition has got a chequerred history. The petitioner No. 1 is a labour contract and construction co-operative society. The member of the petitioner's Society are of contractor's labour and they are engaged in different kinds of job in different places under Sealdah Division Eastern Railway and under the overall administrative control and management of Senior DME (Power ). The respondent No. 6 herein since 1970 to 1981.

( 2 ) INITIALLY, a tender was called from the railway administration sealdah from the contractors for supply of labour for different kinds of job under the said Sealdah Division and after the acceptance of the Tender the LOCO-Foreman of Chiptur Yard directed the contractor to submit the list of labourers and it was submitted and the list has been made annexure 'a' to the writ petition. The claimants herein are said labourers as mentioned in annexure 'a' to the writ petition. According to the petitioner the labourers were given 'token' as an identity in the name of contractor by the Loco-foreman Chitpur Yard. More than nineteen years the petitioners' labourers have been worked since 1970.

( 3 ) SINCE the services of the petitioner's