RASHTRIYA CHATURTH S.R.M. CONGRESS vs U O I

The Supreme Court set aside the Central Administrative Tribunal's order declining to entertain the appeal for regularization of contract labourers, emphasizing that the Tribunal should have decided the matter on merits rather than directing the union to seek an alternative remedy. The Court referred to its earlier judgment in National Federation of Railway Porters, Vendors and Bearers vs. Union of India & Ors. (1995 (Supp) 3 SCC 152) to establish the principles applicable to the regularization of workers. The appeal was allowed, directing the Tribunal to adjudicate the issue based on the established principles.