Judgment :

C.R. Dash, J. As all the six writ petitions arise out of the common award passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Sambalpur in I.D. Case No.18 of 2000 and common Reference dated 06.03.2000 made by the appropriate Government, they are taken up together for disposal by this common order.

2. The petitioners, namely, Sobhan Kumar Mishra, Bailochan Mahakud, Dillip Kumar Mohanty, Bipin Bihari Chhatria, Prahallad Tandi and Abhimanyu Bag have preferred the aforesaid writ petitions bearing No.17543 of 2010, 17544 of 2010, 17545 of 2010, 17546 of 2010, 17547 of 2010 and 17548 of 2010 respectively. All of them were employees of M/s. Mishra Enterprises. M/s. Mishra Enterprises was a Contractor engaged by the Central Power Training Institute (“C.P.T.I.” for short), a Unit of Rourkela Steel Plant (“R.S.P.” for short) situated at Rourkela.

On 15.07.1993 C.P.T.I. was opened and on 21.07.1993 M/s. Mishra Enterprises was engaged as a Contractor. Said M/s. Mishra Enterprises engaged eight labourers including the present petitioners (six in number) in order to clean toilets, latrines, bath-rooms, over-head tank, tables, chairs, other furniture, peripheral areas of the institu