By the Court.—This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners-Railway Administration challenging the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad dated 16.5.2011 passed in Original Application No. 104 of 2010 and the order dated 16.8.2011 passed in the Review Application No. 56 of 2011.

2. Briefly stated the facts of the case are that an original application was filed by the respondents being Original Application No. 104 of 2010 for a direction to the Union of India, Railway Administration to treat the applicants (respondents herein) as permanent Railway Parcel Porters with effect from their first day of joining as Substitute Parcel Porter with arrears of pay.

3. The case of the respondents before the Tribunal was that they were working on as contract workers in eight hourly shifts for loading and unloading of goods in the train for twenty four hours. It was also stated that a Writ Petition No. 277 of 1998 was filed before the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution of India by 166 Railway Parcel Porters as contract labour for a direction to the Union of India for their permanent absorption as Railway Parcel Porters. The Supreme Court by order dat