https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=464979 An employer-employee relationship between a principal establishment and canteen staff is not established merely because the establishment provides infrastructure, subsidies, or supervision of subsidy use. The decisive factors are appointment, payment, disciplinary control, continuity of service, and effective administrative control over the canteen and its workers. Where the canteen is run through a society or intermediary that recruits and manages the staff, and the principal employer has no direct role in recruitment, discipline, or administration, the workers are not employees of the principal establishment. On these facts, the finding of master-servant relationship failed, and reinstatement with back wages could not be sustained. en-us Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:26:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=464979 An employer-employee relationship between a principal establishment and canteen staff is not established merely because the establishment provides infrastructure, subsidies, or supervision of subsidy use. The decisive factors are appointment, payment, disciplinary control, continuity of service, and effective administrative control over the canteen and its workers. Where the canteen is run through a society or intermediary that recruits and manages the staff, and the principal employer has no direct role in recruitment, discipline, or administration, the workers are not employees of the principal establishment. On these facts, the finding of master-servant relationship failed, and reinstatement with back wages could not be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=464979