JUDGMENT

Jaswant Singh, J. - The appellants, four (4) in number, have filed the present appeal, being aggrieved against the order dated 06.01.2021 passed by learned Single Judge, who has disposed of the writ petition with a liberty to the writ petitioners to avail their alternative remedy of applying for a reference under the Industrial Disputes Act 1947.

2. Learned counsel for the appellants has argued that the appellants were working as Data Entry Operators in the office of Haryana Shehari Vikas Pradhiaran (for short HSVP) since 2018 and 2019 and their services have been wrongly dispensed with by ignoring the principle of "Last come first go" as a few of their juniors are still working in the department. Reliance in this regard has been placed upon the judgments passed by a Division Bench of this Court in LPA No. 170 of 2010 titled as "Indian Hardware Industries Vs Presiding Officers" as also passed in CWP No. 15454 of 2012 titled as "Farzand Ali Vs State of Punjab".

2.1 It is further argued that learned Single Judge has wrongly relegated them under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 as they do not come within the definition of "workmen". Reliance in this regard has been placed upon