S. Mohan, O.C.J.,

1. The short facts leading to the writ appeal are as follows :

The appellant herein is a B. Sc., Chemistry graduate of the University of Madras and she secured Second class in the annual examination. She got married to one Mr. Palanivelu in the year 1979. Presently she is the mother of two daughters and she was in the family way of four months at the time of filing the writ petition.

2. The appellant was entertained as a Junior Chemist on and from 1st January, 1986 on contract basis, and Babu Engineering Corporation was given the contract pertaining to chemical test of soil, clay, water, oil and metal within the percincts of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., Neyveli. Though the work involving chemical test by the Chemist is necessarily throughout the year, the management of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. extracted the work from the Chemist numbering about forty through Babu Engineering Corporation who paid at the rate of Rs. 10 per day to each Chemist and in that capacity, the appellant worked for about three years.

3. The appellant filed W.P. 3920 of 1988 against the respondent to regularise her services and to abolish the contract labour system and th