A.I. Railway Parcel & Goods Porters ... vs Prem Lata

The petitioners, represented by the All India Railway Parcel and Goods Porters Union, sought a writ of mandamus to abolish the contract labour system within the Northern Railway. They requested that parcel porters engaged through contractors be treated as permanent employees of the Railways, seeking parity with colleagues who had previously been regularized. The core legal issue concerns the regularisation of contract labour and the legitimacy of the contract system in railway parcel handling.