JUDGMENT

[WP(C) Nos.24723/2019, 24729/2019, 24803/2019, 24998/2019]

This order of mine shall dispose of four writ petitions bearing Nos. 24723 of 2019, 24998 of 2019, 24729 of 2019 and 24803 of 2019 as identical reliefs have been sought in all the cases.

2. All the petitioners are Ancillary Labourers (ALs)

working in the service of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), in food storage depots at Mavelikkara - Alppuzha, Westhill - Kozhikode, Chalakkudy - Thrissur. Initially they entered into service under the contractor or the society as contract labourers and subsequently were inducted under “ no work no pay” (NWNP) with effect from different periods like 01.03.2014, 08.08.2019 and 07.07.2019. Contract workers engaged in various food storage depots raised Industrial Disputes (ID) seeking regularization of services in the Food Corporation of India bearing No.39/1992. An award was passed in the aforementioned ID in the year July, 1998 directing the Corporation to regularize and departmentalize the workers. In view of that, labourers of South India working through society/contractor and NWNP system in various depots of southern region also filed ID.No.55/1993 claiming identical relief. The