THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.24536 of 2000 ORDER: The petitioners were engaged as Contract Labour in different capacities by Sri Krishna Devaraya University, at its P.G. Centre, Kurnool. This writ petition is filed with a prayer to direct the respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners. Reliance is placed upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in Haryana State Electricity Board v. Suresh and others[1]. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Two substantial changes have taken place during the pendency of the writ petition. The first is that the Supreme Court has taken a substantially different view, as to the right of contract labour. In Steel Authority of India v. National Union Waterfront Workers[2], it was held that a contract labour does not have the right to seek regularization and he could at the most enforce his rights under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 by approaching the Labour Court. The second development is that the P.G. Centre has since been upgraded as an independent university. In view of these developments, the petitioners have to work out their remedies, in a different manner. The Writ Petition is accordingly closed. There shall be no order as costs. _____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.25.11.2010. GJ [1] 1999 (3) SCC 601 [2] (2001) 7 SCC 1