attached workers, but it requires registration of such attached workers in terms of Rule 26A of the Rules. It is quite open for anybody to have his own freedom to do the work, trade or business which is a fundamental right under Article 19(1) (g) of the Constitution of India. If such person/Employer seeks to engage sufficient number of workers to meet the requirements of his establishment on a permanent basis, it cannot be objected to from any corner, as it is the vested right of the Employer to engage sufficient number of employees of his choice. But, by virtue of the provisions for regulating loading and unloading operations in an area, the State Government has passed an enactment and has formulated relevant rules in exercise of the rule making power. Since the area in question has been notified as a scheme-covered area, such engagement of loading/unloading workers by the Employer has necessarily to be in tune with the regulations and it is accordingly, that registration of such workers is contemplated under Rule 26A of the Rules. It was in conformity with the said rules, that applications were made by the permanent workers/attached workers of the first writ petitioner vide Exts.P-4, P-5 and P-6 before the registering authority, which however came to be rejected by the Asst.Labour Officer for the reason that it would adversely affect the rights of the existing registered workers in the area and further that the first writ petitioner/Employer had not
