Life Insurance Corporation Of India And ... vs Presiding Officer And Ors. on 15 April, 2004
38.As regards the first issue, the Supreme Court noted in Sudhakar that the decision in Prabhavathy (rendered by a Bench of three learned Judges) had not been brought to the notice of the Bench that decided The Management of LIC vs. Their Workmen (consisting of two learned Judges). It was then held that in view of the order in Prabhavathy, there was no justification for the Andhra Pradesh High Court to issue the direction that it did. For this reason, the direction issued by the High Court was set aside. As regards the second issue, the Supreme Court noted that it had not limited Prabhavathy to the employees of the Tamil Nadu Division. Consequently, the decision in Prabhavathy would apply to employees of all Divisions of the Petitioner in the country.