have it extended any further. When the contract service was sought to put an end to w.e.f. 01.10.1999, such attempt was sought to be resisted by the first respondent Union by filing W.P. (C)No.17664 of 1999, which came to be dismissed, declining interference. Though the 1st respondent Union had moved the Apex Court by filing SLP, it also came to be dismissed on 03.11.2000 and the engagement of workers came to be terminated accordingly. It was only by virtue of the interim orders passed by this Court, that the contract workers were continuing in service after 30.09.1999, on the basis of the proceedings filed by the first respondent Union representing the workers. Ultimately, since the case filed by the Union came to be dismissed as devoid of merit, no further benefit could have been ordered based on the interim orders passed by this Court, enabling the workers to continue. The purpose of any interim order is only to sub-serve the main relief and when the main relief is declined, the interim order by itself cannot have any legal or valid existence, except to the extent as desired or made clear by the Court. Here comes the principle of 'actus curiae
