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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Honourable Mr Justice D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY
Chairman, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation – Appellant
Versus
Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Enforcement) Authority – Respondent
ORDER :
All these Writ Petitions are connected and, since identical grounds are raised, are taken up and disposed of by this common order.
A.The Writ Petition:
2. The prayers made in these Writ Petitions are by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) and its officers challenging the individual awards issued by the authority(respondent No.1 in the respective Writ Petition), under the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (Conferment of Permanent Status to Workmen) Act, 1981 (referred to as 'the Act of 1981'). The awards grants permanent status to the individual Workmen, who are designated as party respondents in the Writ Petitions.
B. The Brief Facts:
3. The workmen submitted claim petitions to the authority, asserting that they had completed 480 days of continuous service within two calendar months and, therefore, should be granted permanent status. These workmen contended that since around 1998, they had been working directly under management for several years before being transitioned to contractors and classified as contract workmen. Nevertheless, they have rendered service for the past 20 to 25 years. An award was passed in all these cases, granting permanen
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