JUDGMENT :

SWP No.1696/2012

1. The petitioners, who claim to be President and Secretary of Bridge Superstructural Association, have filed this writ petition on behalf of members of the Union. According to the petitioners, the Union comprises 70 members. A direction has been sought upon the respondents to absorb/confirm and regularize the members of the Union against the available posts in respondent No.2-company. A further direction has been sought upon the respondents to comply with the provisions relating to payment of provident fund and to deposit the remaining portion of the provident fund in the Court.

2. Briefly stated, case of the petitioners is that the members of the Union were engaged on various jobs by respondent No.2 which include Supervisors, Technicians, Computer Analysts and Helpers. Their salaries were drawn through bank accounts operated for this purpose in J&K Bank Solina. They were assigned various jobs by respondent No.2-company. It has been submitted that the Site Managers of the respondent company informed the petitioners about discontinuation of services of the employees, as a result of which they are not getting salary. A number of representations are stated to