https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287992 Under the Industrial Disputes Act, the appropriate Government depends on whether the industry is carried on by or under Central authority; Cantonment Boards, being centrally constituted and controlled, fall within that framework, so the Punjab Government was not the competent referring authority. The analysis further states that only employees engaged in industrial or quasi-industrial work qualify as workmen: a Cantonment Board may perform such functions, but purely administrative staff, including a Record-keeper, do not. A reference covering employees outside that category was therefore incompetent, and the awards were quashed for want of jurisdiction. en-us Mon, 12 Sep 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 May 2020 14:12:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287992 Under the Industrial Disputes Act, the appropriate Government depends on whether the industry is carried on by or under Central authority; Cantonment Boards, being centrally constituted and controlled, fall within that framework, so the Punjab Government was not the competent referring authority. The analysis further states that only employees engaged in industrial or quasi-industrial work qualify as workmen: a Cantonment Board may perform such functions, but purely administrative staff, including a Record-keeper, do not. A reference covering employees outside that category was therefore incompetent, and the awards were quashed for want of jurisdiction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 12 Sep 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287992