( 1. ) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, filed by the Bijlee Karmachari Sangh (hereinafter referred to as the Sangh), a registered union, registered as such with the Registrar of Trade Unions, Madhya Pradesh, and by one Ramchandra Joshi, a Trade Union worker, seeking a writ of Mandamus from this court against respondent No. 1, the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) to abolish the discrimination between the regular employees and the Nominal Muster Roll employees (for short, the N. M. R. Employees) or daily wage employees at present in vogue and to classify all its employees strictly in accordance with the Standard Standing Orders.

( 2. ) A welfare State, claiming to be wedded with the principle of social justice, has to be approached with such a petition, is itself an abundant proof of the reality which exists and the claims that are advanced. The facts as narrated in the petition are as fair from the goal of social justice as shadow is from the substance and illusion is from reality. It is not merely the legalism involved in this petition, but also the very spirit of our Constitution which seeks to achie