PER SINDHU SHARMA-J
1. This Letters Patent Appeal (hereinafter referred to as
“LPA”) has been preferred by the appellants against the
judgment and order dated 16.12.2021, passed by the learned
Single Judge in SWP No. 757/2019, titled “Ghulam Nabi Bhat
and Others v. State of J&K and Others”, whereby the writ
petition filed by the appellants came to be dismissed.
2. The case set up by the appellants before the learned
Single Judge was that they, being 51 in number, were engaged
as daily rated workers in J&K Cement factory, Khrew)
(hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) on muster roll basis
from the year 2005 onwards. In the year 2013, vide Order No.
JKCL:P&P/O1(LC)/2013 dated 06.11.2013, the appellants
were brought on the muster rolls of the Company and were
being paid ₹150 per day. To meet the shortage of manpower
caused due to the retirement of a large number of employees of
the Cement Factory, Khrew, the appellants were converted into
daily rated workers vide Order No. JKCL:P&A:PF/2018-383
dated 14.06.2018, initially for a period of five years, subject to
confirmation by the Board of Directors.
