2026:BHC-AS:1492-DB LAXMI IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY SUBHASH SONTAKKE CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION LAXMI SUBHASH LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 389 OF 2011 SONTAKKE Date: 2026.01.14

17:05:21 +0530 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 3260 OF 2011 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. ...Appellant/Org.Petitioner Versus Sarva Shramik Sangh & Anr. ...Respondents _______

Mr. K. P. Anil Kumar a/w Jayashree Kumar a/w Priyanka Kumar for Appellant/

Org. Petitioner.

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CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI &

AARTI SATHE, JJ.

DATE: 9^th JANUARY 2026 P.C.

1. This Letters Patent Appeal is filed by the Appellant being aggrieved by the Judgment and order dated 2^nd December 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the impugned order) passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No. 3260 of 2011 dismissing the Petition filed by the Appellant thereby upholding the interim order dated 16^th March 2011 passed by the learned presiding officer, CGIT-II in reference No. CGIT-II/61/2009. The aforesaid reference has been made by the Government for deciding as to whether Respondent No.1-Union’s Members/workers are employees of the Appellant and not the employees of Respondent No.2 or any other contractor engaged by the Appellant.

2. Briefly the