VIJAI SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record.

(2.) THE only contention raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner in this case is that the petitioner who was a Chowkidar in the employment of non-petitioners no. 1 and 2 had wrongly been retrenched without following the provisions of section 25 (F) of the Industrial Disputes Act It is admitted by him that so far as the completion of 240 days in a calendar year go he had worked under two different units, one under the Assistant Engineer, Parbatsar and the second under the Assistant Engineer, Deedwana and the period of employment under the two units if taken together would amount to more than 240 days in the calendar year THE case of the non-petitioners, on the other hand, is that the period of work of the petitioner under two different units cannot be clubbed together for the purposes of completion of statuary period of 240 days because under section 25-F the benefit of one year's service can be available only to a workman who has been employed under one employer for the statutory period i. e. 240 days as prescribed under section 25 B (2) (a) (ii ).