main question involved in these appeals is what is the
scope of Apprentices Act, 1961 vis a vis the U.P. Industrial
Disputes ... Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the
Indian Boilers Act, 1923 .
The Apprentices Act, 1961 was promulgated primarily for
the purpose of recruiting the apprentices
brevity as "the
Corporation") on or about 16.7.1987 as Apprentice Development Officer.
The relevant terms and conditions contained in the offer of appointment ... under:
"2. You will be taken, at the outset, as an
Apprentice for a period of one year commencing
from 16.7.1987 on a stipend
Certified Standing Orders pf the respondent-Corporation, by virtue of which Apprentices Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Act of 1961) would apply ... virtue of which the contract of apprentices training would terminate on the expiry of period of apprenticeship as also Certified Standing Order 18(ii), according
Raviraja Pandian, J.
1. The petitioner Neyveli Lignite Corporation I.T.I. Apprentice Welfare Association, filed the writ petition seeking for the relief of issuance ... guidelines were issued by a Committee of Secretaries for absorption of trained apprentices. The said Government Order was upheld by the Division Bench of this
further submitted that even an apprentice is covered under the provisions of the 'workman', as defined in the Act and, therefore, the provisions ... submitted that the petitioner was not appointed under the provisions of the Apprentice Act, 1961 , or under any scheme sponsored or approved by the State
wages. She further contends that even assuming that they are trainees or apprentices, as long as they are not covered by the Apprentices ... products of, the factory or establishment or any person engaged as an apprentice, not being an apprentice engaged under the apprentices Act, 1961, or under
defines
'Workman' to mean "any person (including an apprentice) employed in
any industry to do any skilled or unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical ... discharge or
retrenchment has led to that dispute,." A workman includes apprentice
in terms of the said provision.
U.P. Industrial Disputes
years shall be taken as trainee or employed as an apprentice for radiation work
petitioner issued an advertisement in the newspaper inviting applications for 25 Apprentice Clerk. The training period specified was for one year and the selected apprentices ... respondents applied and were appointed on the post of the Apprentice Clerk. The appointment letters were issued in the last week of March
devised a training scheme whereby candidates were selected as apprentices and given training for three semesters. The training includes, on the job training and also ... attending theory classes and writing a written test. The apprentices so trained were given stipend and full-time wages. The training scheme required the apprentices
