G.Kothandaraman, v. The Airport Authority Of

in W.P. Nos. 10946 and 10961 of 2018 P.D. AUDIKESAVALU, J.

The Petitioners in these Writ Petitions, who had been engaged as contract labour at Chennai Airport by the Respondents, have sought for their regularization in service. The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India by order dated 13.04.2009 in C.A. No. 2244 of 2002 has restored the order dated 15.12.1997 in W.P. No.

6126 of 1995 passed by the Court in which the Central Government was directed to consider the question of abolition of contract labour in the task of packing and loading and works incidental thereto in Chennai Airport and take appropriate decision thereon within a period of 12 months and in the event of the Central Government issuing notification under Section 10 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, prohibiting contract labour in those occupations, all those who had worked as contract labour under the contract between the Labour Co-operative Society and the Respondent to the number specified in the contract have been required to be absorbed in terms of the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Air India Statutory Corporation -vs- United Labour Union [(1997) 9 SCC 377].

Central Government is a necessary party to ascertain as to whether it has taken any decision in that regard.

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These Petitions are ordered.

13.04.2022 1/3 kv/skr Note: Registry is directed to carry out necessary amendments in the Writ Petitions pursuant to the aforesaid order.

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P.D. AUDIKESAVALU, J.

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