respondent as a plaintiff has
deposed that the conciliation officer opined that he being an
apprentice was not a "workman" under the Industrial ... worded that
every apprentice undergoing apprenticeship training in a
designated trade in an establishment shall be a trainee and
not a worker and the provisions
A Development Officer has been held , to be a
"workman" in SK Verma. We, however, are not
unmindful of a decision of a ... wherein the question
was as to whether an apprentice would be a
workman within the meaning of the provisions of
section
a person engaged in an industrial establishment is a
trainee or a workman is a legal question. Both "trainee" and "workman ... defines the meaning of a "workman"
which is as follows :-
"Workman means any person (including an apprentice) employed
in any industry
workman, joined as
an apprentice turbine operator with the management. He was selected under
apprentices Act 1961. He joined as apprentice on 14.08.1968 with ... A of the Act , when the applicant before it is a dismissed
workman.
11. Considering the provisions of section 13 A of the Industrial
Employment
stated that
the workman was enrolled as an apprentice under Apprentice Act in Fitter
Trade for training for a specific period of one year ... workman, which are office orders, issued by
management, dated 12.10.1989 and 8.11.89 engaging some persons
including workman as Apprentice afresh for a period
claim workman has stated that he was appointed as a Apprentice plumber
by the management. Workman has also claimed that since he has worked ... trainee for a period of two years starting from 13.11.02.
The Ld. AR for workman has contended that workman has worked as a casual
labourer
A 'permanent' workman is a workman who
has been engaged on a permanent basis and includes any
person who has satisfactorily completed a ... A 'casual' workman is a workman whose
employment is of a casual nature.
(g) An 'apprentice' is a learner
workman used to work in shift. He has volunteered that workman used to
work for 1 ½ hours in a day as a part time worker ... within the definition of 'Workman'. When a person
appointed as apprentice is a 'Workman', definitely the ad-hoc appointee
will also
A Development Officer has been held , to be a
"workman." We, however, are not unmindful of a decision of
a threeJudge Bench ... wherein the
question was as to whether an apprentice would be a
workman within the meaning of the provisions of section
employee of a prison, or
(iii) who is employed mainly in a managerial or
administrative capacity, or
(iv) who, being in a supervisory capacity, draws ... definition of workman in the Industrial Disputes
Act , : A workman includes any person (including an apprentice)
employed in an industry to do manual, unskilled, skilled
