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PETITIONER: THE NAGPUR ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWERCO., LTD. & OTHERS
Vs.
RESPONDENT: K. SHREEPATHIRAO
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/04/1958
BENCH: DAS, S.K. BENCH: DAS, S.K. BOSE, VIVIAN DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B.
CITATION: 1958 AIR 658 1959 SCR 463
ACT: Termination of Service-Company Employee-Standing Orders -Construction-Employees and workmen-Distinction.
HEADNOTE: The services of the respondent, an employee of the appellant company, were terminated in accordance with the Standing Orders of the company, approved by the appropriate authorities under the provisions of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, and the Central Provinces and Berar Industrial Disputes Settlement Act, 1947. Standing Order NO. 2(a) defined " employees " as " all persons ... employed in the Office or Mains Department or Stores or Power House or Receiving Station of the Company ... whose names and ticket numbers are included in the departmental musters ". The Standing Orders also defined the term " workman " and provided that every workman should have a ticket. No ticket had been issued to the respondent by the company, and consequently his ticket number was not included in the departmental muster. The respondent challenged the validity of the order terminating his services by an application mad...