ORDER:

This writ petition is filed seeking the following relief:

“ … to issue appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly, in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 6 and 8 in trying to remove the petitioners from their respective posts under the employment of 7th respondent without following due process of law as well as not paying monthly salaries to the petitioners since December 2024 as illegal, arbitrary, unfair and violation of Sec 25FF of Industrial Disputes Act, and violation of guidelines framed by the Government for outsourcing employees and violation of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently, direct the respondents to continue the petitioners in their respective posts under the establishment of 7th respondent by paying salaries regularly without any interruption and …..”

Heard Sri Kadaru Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri T. Venkat Raju Goud, learned Government Pleader for Labour appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 4 and 6, Ms. Swapna Madhuri, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Medical, Health and Family Welfare appearing for respondent Nos.5 and 7 and Sri M.V.Hanumantha Rao, learned counsel for respondent No.8. Perused the record.

The petitioners are challenging the action of respondent Nos.3 and 6 insisting respondent No.8 to remove the petitioners from services from their respective posts under respondent No.7. The petitioners are outsourcing employees engaged by respondent No.8 to render services for respondent No.7. The petitioners have been rendering services under respondent No.7 from the year 2022 onwards in pursuance to agreement entered with respondent No.6 to carry on outsourcing services. In the year 2024, respondent No.4 allotted respondent No.7’s outsourcing work to respondent No.8. From December, 2024, respondent No.8 is not paying the salaries to the petitioners in spite of submitting representations. Thereafter, respondent No.5 addressed letter to respondent No.3 to issue necessary directions to respondent No.8 for payment of salaries to the petitioners. The respondent No.7 also addressed a letter to respondent No.3 for payment of salaries. While so, under the influence of respondent No.8, the official respondents are making efforts to remove the petitioners from their services. It is pleaded that respondent No.8 is deliberately avoiding to pay EPF and ESI contributions to the petitioners since December, 2024. The respondent No.8 with the active support of respondent No.6 is making efforts to terminate the services of petitioners by changing the contract agency. The petitioners pleaded that changing the contract agency should not affect their continuation of services. The petitioners pleaded that respondents cannot opt for appointment of freshers in their place as they have sufficient experience and services. As such, the writ petition is filed.

The respondent No.4 filed counter stating that the petitioners were appointed as outsourcing employees with appointments being made despite stay orders in W.P.No.23496 of 2022 as respondent No.8 did not follow reservation policy. Further, it is pleaded that outsourcing work with respect to respondent No.7, ESI Dispensary, Huzurnagar for the year 2023-24 lapsed and new empanelment is due to be taken up. The allegations made against respondent No.8 are baseless and there is no truth in allegation that respondent No.9 violated orders of this Court. The order terminating agency of respondent No.9 was submitted to the District Collector, Suryapet vide File No.A2/DEF/SRPT/OS/RLVL/24, dated 26.02.2024 and accordingly, respondent No.9’s agency has been terminated and was given to respondent No.8 by following empanelment process. At the time of applying for outsourcing agency to all the outsourcing agencies, it was made clear that the District Collector has power to terminate the agency without assigning any reason and therefore, there are no merits in