JUDGMENT

S.N. Variava, J.-This Appeal is against a Judgment dated 14th October, 1997. By this Judgment a large number of writ petitions and certain writ appeals were disposed of.

2. Briefly stated the facts are as follows :

The Appellants are a Union, who represent the workers working in the various Direct Purchase Centres of the 1st Respondent at Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam.

3. The Government of Tamil Nadu brought into force the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishment (Conferment of Permanent Status to Workmen) Act, 1981 with effect from 1.1.1982. The said Act will hereinafter be referred to as the said Act.

4. After the enactment of the said Act the workmen, who had been employed in the Direct Purchase Centres of the 1st Respondent and had rendered more than 480 days of service claimed that they should be confirmed. The 1st Respondent refused to confirm them. The Appellants then filed Writ Petition No. 5459 of 1983 for a Mandamus that the provisions of the said Act should be implemented and employees of Direct Purchase Centres, who had rendered more than 480 days of service, should be confirmed the status of permanent employee. In this Writ Petition the only point which was arg