ORDER :

Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.

1. The petitioners herein seek to challenge the constitutional validity of Section 12 of the Chhattisgarh Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Medical College, Durg (Acquisition) Act, 2021 (for short, ‘the Act of 2021’) which came into force with effect from 3-9-2021.

2. The Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Hospital Private Limited (CCMH Pvt. Ltd.) is a private company owned and operated by respondent No.3 herein and the said Company operates two establishments – the Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Medical College & Hospital, Kachandur, Durg and the Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Hospital at Motilal Nehru Nagar, Bhilai, District Durg. It is the claim of the petitioners that they were permanent employees of the said Medical College at Durg that has been acquired by the State Government. In July, 2021, the State Legislature has passed the Act of 2021 acquiring the assets, land, equipment, etc. of the Medical College at Kachandur, Durg by making payment of exorbitant compensation to the previous owners and the present petitioners and other workers were sought to be removed summarily by virtue of the provisions contained in Section 12 of the Act of 2021. It is also their