Mathadi Act Applicability To Pharmaceutical Company

We are pharmaceutical company based in Navi Mumbai. We are engaged in sales and marketing of pharmaceutical products. I wanted to know whether Mathadi act is applicable to pharmaceutical company? We have our own contract workers who are used for loading and unloading of the materials. So is it necessary to hire from Mathadi group. Mathadi people are insisting us to take people from their group for loading and unloading. Kindly respond on urgent basis.
Thanks.

Hey guys please respond to the above query regarding mathadi act applicability to pharmaceutical company.

While Mathadi Act does say from the Truck to stacking and from the edge of factory to the Truck. So if the workers are only involved in the transportation they will come under the Mathadi act but of the workers are involved in repacking then they will not. we have know the job function clearly.

Dear Shwe06,
Your this old thread come to my reading now.
Mathadi Act is applicable to you. Please refer to entry 5 to Schedule under section 2(9) of Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and other Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969 which is given below verbatim.
"5. Employment in markets, and factories and other establishments, in connection with loading, unloading, stacking, weighing, measuring, filing, stitching, sorting, cleaning or such other work including work preparatory or incidental to such operations carried on by workers not covered by any other entries in this Schedule."
Please share with us your experience handling this issue up till now since past 6-7 months.