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"THE SCHEDULE "Whether the management of Bhojudih Coal Washery of M/s Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. is justified in not departmentalising the 16 contract workers (as shown in the annexure) employed in the job of maintenance of water Supply System at Intake Well at Bhojudih Coal Washery? If not, to what relief are the workmen concerned entitled and from which date ?"
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12. It is stated that the respondent Union in this case has claimed the absorption of the contract workers upon comparing their work under Bhojudih Coal Washery with that of Dugda Coal Washery and Patherdih Coal Washery. The Union on behalf of the contract workers claimed that since contract workers of the Dugda Coal Washery and the Patherdih Coal Washery were made permanent, their employment was also required to be made permanent on that ground only.
13. In support of the said claim of the petitioner's case is that the case of Dugda Coal Washery and the Patherdih Coal Washery is just the reverse case of Bhojudih Coal Washery, as the said Page 5 2022:CHC-AS:71462 washeries are situated at the upstream of river Damodar and work which exists there is not seasonal in nature, but throughout the year.
14. It is further stated that departmentalization of outside workers, cannot form the subject matter of Industrial Dispute as there is no Employer-Employee relationship and the petitioner thus prays for setting aside of the said award which it is submitted, is not in accordance with law.
15. The respondent no. 3 union herein on behalf of the 16 workmen has argued on filing its written notes, that the facts of this case is that the workers namely Charan Bouri with 15 other workers have been working as contract labour, who are engaged by different contractors and the said workers are working continuously from the start of the job of maintenance for water supply system at the intake well of Bhojudih Coal Washery of M/s Bharat Coking Coal Limited from the year 1983.
 The decision discourages the exploitation of workers through temporary contracts and arbitrary terminations, encouraging government institutions to adhere to fair employment practices.
 The judgment is likely to influence future cases involving similar disputes, guiding courts to look beyond the initial terms of engagement and consider the actual nature and duration of service.