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ORIGINAL JURISDICTION : Writ Petition No. 12591 of 1983.

Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India. Govind Mukhoty, N. R. Choudhary and S.K. Sinha for the Petitioner.

L.N. Sinha, Tapas Roy, N. C. Talukdar, Shankar Ghosh, C.V. Subba Rao, R.N. Sachthey, Anip Sachthey, Miss M. Arora, Parijat Sinha, J.R. Das, D.K. Sinha, D. Goburdhan and B.P. Singh for the Respondents.

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SINGH, J. By means of this petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution, the petitioner has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court purporting to do so on behalf of 700 workmen claiming relief for issue of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to declare that Natundihi Pahariabera Colliery has vested in the Central Government and in the alternative directing the Union of India to take over the colliery under the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973 and treat the petitioner and other workmen as workmen of the Central Government and to work the colliery by employing the workmen and to pay them arrears of their wages with effect from April, 1980.