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Since, common questions of law and facts are involved in all these petitions, same were tagged together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. By way of CWP No. 10142 of 2011, filed under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner i.e. ACC Limited, approached this court mainly praying for the following reliefs:

"a. Direct respondents 1 to 4 to ensure free egress and ingress and facilities in the petitioner unit in Barmana, Tehsil Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, H.P. and allow transportation of its raw-material, cement and clinker in trucks/multi-axle trucks hired by them from other unions or private parties or its own trucks to the extent respondent No. 5 union is not able to supply as presently there is shortage of 480 trucks;

2. This writ petition has been filed by one of the Companies i.e. ACC Limited which has installed its cement plant under the name and style 'Gagal Cement Works' at Barmana in District Bilaspur. There are two more cement plants, namely; Ambuja Cement Plant

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installed at Darlaghat, and Jaypee Himachal Cement Plant at Bagga, in District, Solan, H.P. The trucks engaged by Ambuja Cement Plant for transportation of its goods to .

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continuation of M/s Bilaspur District Truck Operators Cooperative Transport Society Ltd.

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9. Mr. K.D. Sood, learned Senior Advocate, representing the ACC, states that the Company has no objection to aforesaid arrangement but M/s Bilaspur District Truck Operators Cooperative Transport Society Ltd. may be directed to strictly comply with the aforesaid agreement, because, on account of non-adherence, company shall suffer irreparable loss and injury.

(c) In the case as referred to above, where one multi-axle truck has replaced one ordinary truck, option may be given to the owner/members to remove another old /ordinary truck, to maintain equal distribution of work.

11. However, it is made clear that to avoid inconvenience and financial loss to the ACC Company Limited, needful shall be done by all the stake-holders, especially M/s Bilaspur District Truck Operators Cooperative Transport Society Ltd., expeditiously within a period of two months.