The CAT also issued notices to the Director of Business Development Cell, Senior Superintendent (Rail Mail), Assistant Superintendent (Rail Mail) and incharge of Group-C Mass Mailing Centre-II while hearing a joint petition filed by 18 labourers through lawyer Pradeep Gupta. The court has directed the respondents to file their reply by July 8.

The petitioners claimed that they had already completed 240 days of service required for regularisation of their job. The labourers alleged that they were forced to pay 20 to 30 per cent of their hard-earned money to certain officials of the department to continue in the job and demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter.