AJNALA COOP SUGAR MILLS LTD Vs. SUKHRAJ SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) Learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the workman had not worked for more than 240 days in the preceding 12 months. Except bare assertion no material was produced. On the contrary the appellant has categorically stated that the respondent had not worked for more than 240 days.

(3.) In this connection reference was made to the assertion made before the Labour Court that the workman was engaged on daily wager basis and his services were only seasonal. It was specifically asserted that after the season was over the respondent workman did not turn up and he had not completed 240 days of service. He was not permanent employee of the appellant and, therefore, reference was not maintainable. Since the workman was employed only for seasonal work, his services were not to be continued after the season was over.