Block Development Officer Panc vs The Judge Labour Court Bharatp on 4 July, 2019
"3. It is not disputed that the pre-requisite for a valid
retrenchment as laid down in Sec. 25f has not been
complied with and therefore the retrenchment bringing
about termination of service is ab initio void. Viewed from
this angle, the award of the Industrial Tribunal was correct
and unassailable and the learned Single Judge was in
error in interfering with the same. Undoubtedly, the
Division Bench of the High Court has set aside the order
of the learned Single Judge and restored the award for
reasons of its own. However, for the reasons herein
indicated, the decision of the Division Bench in Letters
Patent Appeal No. 25 of 1970 is upheld and confirmed and
this appeal must therefore fail and accordingly it is
dismissed."