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(1) Other things being equal, a training apprentice should be given preference over direct recruits.
(2) For this, a trainee would not be required to get his name sponsored by any employment exchange. The decision of this Court in Union of India v. N.Hargopal woudl permit this.
(3) If age bar would come in the way of the trainee, the same would be relaxed in accordance with what is stated in this regard, if any, in the service rule concerned. If the service rule be silent on this aspect, relaxation to the extent of the period for which the apprentice had undergone training would be given.
(4) The training institute concerned would maintain a list of the persons trained year- wise. The persons trained earlier would be treated as senior to the persons trained later. In between the trained apprentices, preference shall be given to those who are senior."

8. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and also gone through the records and the decisions coupled with the order impugned.

9. Concedingly, the management had selected workmen as apprentices after their names were sponsored through Employment Exchange and appointed them subsequently after due selection on their completion of training in batches and, thereafter, they were absorbed as Artisans as per Rule 4.4 of the management's recruitment policy. In the said rule, it is not stated that after completion of the Apprenticeship training, the names of the workmen should once again be sponsored through the Employment Exchange for absorption. When that be so, the management cannot say that the names of the workmen are not sponsored through Employment Exchange at the time of their absorption/appointment and, therefore, they should be treated as back door entrants.

27. The Supreme Court, in U.P.S.R.T.C. v. U.P. Parivahan Nigam Shishukhs Berozgar Sangh, referred to above, framed certain guidelines to be kept in mind, while dealing with the claim of trainees to get employment after successful completion of their training. The said guidelines are reproduced as under :

(1) Other things being equal, a trained apprentice should be given preference over direct recruits.
(2) For this, a trainee would not be required to get his name sponsored by any employment exchange.
(3) If age bar would come in the way of the trainee, the same would be relaxed in accordance with what is stated in this regard, if any, in the service rule concerned. If the service rule be silent on this aspect, relaxation to the extent of the period for which the apprentice had undergone training would be given.
(4) The training institute concerned would maintain a list of the persons trained yearwise. The persons trained earlier would be treated as senior to the persons trained later. In between the trained apprentices, preference shall be given to those who are senior.