https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182634 Employees appointed and regulated under statutory service rules in the postal department were treated as outside the definition of "workmen" because their duties formed part of the State's sovereign and welfare functions. On that basis, the postal department was treated as not constituting an "industry" under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and retrenchment protection under Section 25-F was considered inapplicable. The discussion emphasizes that where recruitment, conduct, penalties, termination, pay, and discipline are governed by statutory rules, industrial adjudication and retrenchment safeguards do not automatically apply; entitlement, if any, lies under the applicable service regime. en-us Fri, 02 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 16 May 2016 15:03:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182634 Employees appointed and regulated under statutory service rules in the postal department were treated as outside the definition of "workmen" because their duties formed part of the State's sovereign and welfare functions. On that basis, the postal department was treated as not constituting an "industry" under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and retrenchment protection under Section 25-F was considered inapplicable. The discussion emphasizes that where recruitment, conduct, penalties, termination, pay, and discipline are governed by statutory rules, industrial adjudication and retrenchment safeguards do not automatically apply; entitlement, if any, lies under the applicable service regime. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182634