1. The petitioners in this batch of Writ Petitions are members of Women Self Help Groups operating within the Tiruppur Corporation. The petitioners Women Self Help Groups were able to participate in the tender process and the tender was issued by the Corporation, wherein and by which the Corporation outsourced for the collection of solid waste in the Corporation area. The preliminary collection of garbage was given to the Self Help Group for a period of one year from 9.4.2012 to 8.4.2013. In respect of each Self Help Group, they were directed to engage 16 workers and the bio-degradable waste to the extent of 1000Kg has to be collected from the respective ward and 4 Metric Tons of non-biodegradable garbage have to be collected for each day. The petitioners were given work orders by the Commissioner of Corporation on 4.4.2012. In the work order, it was stated that in respect of each worker, the daily wage fixed at Rs.170/-. As many as 25 conditions were stipulated in the said working order. Condition NO.21 stipulated that Self Help Groups have to follow upon the Government Rules and Regulations.

2. However, it transpires that the Enforcement Officer of Employees Provident Fund O