JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the respondents in connection with the communication bearing Ref No.431/Mo.Po/ko(&) Nir/Mu.Ni.Ni.Aa/Ni.Pi.3/Ni.Vu.2/Ko.Va.Na.28536/15/2016 dated 09.06.2016 and to quash the same and direct the respondents herein to treat the petitioners as having been made permanent with effect from 01.04.1995 and pay them all the consequent back wages and grant them further promotions reversing their seniority.)

1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

2.1. All the petitioners herein, who were earlier engaged on contract basis in North Chennai Thermal Power Station, were conferred with a permanent status by the Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, through an order dated 16.10.1998 passed in Petition No.2729 of 1998, whereby TANGEDCO was directed to confer permanent status to them with effect from 01.04.1995, on which date they have completed 480 days of continuous service in 24 calendar months.

2.2. While the Management had prepared a list of contract labourers for the benefit of absorption, the names of these petitioners were le