( 1 ) THE appellants above named have preferred this Letters Patent Appeal under clause 15 of the Letters Patent in order to challenge the judgment and order dated 30. 3. 2001 recorded by the learned Single Judge in Special Civil Application No. 12531 of 2000 under which the learned Single Judge dismissed the said petition of the appellants at the admission stage. The appellants above named preferred the aforesaid Special Civil Application in this Court against the respondents above named stating that the petitioners have been performing work of a permanent nature in the premises of respondent No. 1 and they have been performing their duties continuously and without any break since 1981. That with a view to avoid grant of permanency benefits to the appellant, respondent no. 1 has shown the appellants as employees of a contractor. That the appellants are, at present, working through respondent No. 2 and prior thereto the appellants were working through Ahmedabad Electricity Company Ltd. which was shown as contractor of the first respondent. That in fact, they were and are the employees of the first respondent but the first respondent goes on changing the contractors. H