https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288996 A retired workman may maintain an application under Section 33-C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act to compute monetary benefits earned during prior service, so retirement does not bar the claim. By contrast, watchmen whose ordinary duties were guarding the premises, checking vehicles and searching employees were not "workers" under the Factories Act because their duties had no proximate connection with the manufacturing process. Occasional work in dismantling and transporting machinery during shifting was treated as extraordinary and not incidental to manufacture. The overtime claim under Section 59 therefore failed, and the writ petition succeeded with the Labour Court's award quashed. en-us Tue, 14 Oct 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 12:20:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288996 A retired workman may maintain an application under Section 33-C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act to compute monetary benefits earned during prior service, so retirement does not bar the claim. By contrast, watchmen whose ordinary duties were guarding the premises, checking vehicles and searching employees were not "workers" under the Factories Act because their duties had no proximate connection with the manufacturing process. Occasional work in dismantling and transporting machinery during shifting was treated as extraordinary and not incidental to manufacture. The overtime claim under Section 59 therefore failed, and the writ petition succeeded with the Labour Court's award quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 14 Oct 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288996