V. D. BHARGAVA, J.

( 1 ) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by Messrs J. K. Cotton manufacturers Ltd.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is a joint stock company registered under the Companies Act, having its head office at Kanpur and running the business of manufacture and sale of yarn and cloth. The petitioner employs a strength of about 1700 workmen for this purpose. They are divided into different categories. The opposite parties to this petition are the U. P. Government; the additional Regional Conciliation Officer; the Workmen of the J. K. Cotton Manufacturers Ltd. , the Kanpur Mechanical and Technical Workers Union, Kanpur, and Sri Rama Shankar Gupta, one o the workers, who had been employed on a temporary basis by the petitioner. He is opposite party No. 5. He was employed on 1-1-53 as a temporary clerk. The engagement was for a specific period on the expiry of which, under the terms of the contract, he was automatically to leave the petitioners company. With an interval of short periods this temporary contract was renewed from time to time. Rama Shankar Gupta continued to work in the petitioners Company in different capacities. His appointment was made on his

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