R. Banumathi, C.J.––The present appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 24.11.2011 passed in W.P. (L) No.2911 of 2001 by the learned Single Judge, whereby the writ application preferred by the appellant has been dismissed affirming the award dated 22.12.2000 passed by Central Government Industrial Tribunal, Dhanbad under which 287 Casual Wagon Loaders were ordered to be regularized as permanent workmen in Reference Case No.50/91.

2. The brief facts are as follows-

All the concerned workmen were working under the contractor Surat Pandey prior to 1983 as Contract Labour. They were doing job of wagon loading since before the colliery was nationalized with effect from 01.08.1973 under Non-Coking Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1973. Subsequently loading of coal has been declared a prohibited job prohibiting employment of casual labour in loading of coal under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. They continued working as such even after nationalization of the colliery. But even after a long lapse of time, they were not regularized in job. That gave rise to a peaceful agitation demanding regularization by the concerned workmen and th