( 1 ) THE petitioners claim to be working as piece rated contract/handling labour and casual labour at the Food Storage Depot, Balarampur, Purulia of the Food Corporation of India (referred to as FCI ). The petitioners have claimed regularisation and absorption under the Food Corporation of India. They have also claimed the benefits of the direct payment system introduced by the FCI in connection with certain of the FCI's Godowns.

( 2 ) THE first claim of the petitioner is under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (referred to as the Act ). The petitioners say that they have been working as casual labour under the FCI for the last 16 years. It is said that the need : of the FCI which was fulfilled by the petitioners was perennial in nature and was necessary for the work of the FCI. It is claimed that the Appropriate Government should have, in the circumstances, issued a notification under Section 10 of Act: prohibiting the employment of contract labour in FCI's establishment. It is submitted that this court should direct the issuance of such a notification and until the Appropriate Government issued such a notification, the status-quo should be c