JUDGMENT :

S.N. PATHAK, J.

1. In view of outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, case has been taken up through Video Conferencing and heard at length. Learned counsel for the petitioner has no objection with regard to the proceeding which has been held through Video Conferencing and there is no complaint in respect to audio and video clarity and quality and after hearing at length, the matter is being disposed of finally.

2. Instant writ petition has been filed with a prayer for quashing the Award dated 21.04.2017, passed by Presiding Officer, Central Government Industrial Tribunal No. 1, Dhanbad in Reference No. 267/94, whereby and whereunder claim of the concerned workman for regularization was rejected and it has been held that the concerned workman was not entitled for any relief.

3. Brief fact of the case is that about 157 workmen were engaged by the BCCL through contractor in Patherdih Coal Washery since the year 1972. The concerned workmen were engaged by the BCCL through the contractors in the Patherdih Coal Washery for a continuous nature of job of washing small particles from washery in the form of slurry and/or separating slurry from water and to dispatch the same to the Thermal Pow