Surat Mahila Nagrik Sahakari Bank Ltd. vs Mamtaben Mahendrabhai Joshi on 15 April, 2000
In case of Purshottambhai R. Kachhadiya (supra) which was a case of a daily wager appointed for fixed period and given break, post on which he worked while working on a work-charge employee. In that case,
it was the only contention raised by the petitioner that said termination was violative of Section 25F of the I. D. Act but no submissions were made in respect to the fact that the employer has misused the power and termination is vitiated with mala fide. No such contention was raised before this Court and after considering the case of M. Venugopalan & Ramesh Gehlot, this Court has held that irrespective of length of service, termination would not amount to retrenchment if there is a provision under the said contract for termination of employment. The learned Sr. Advocate has thus submitted that if the appointment has been made on periodical basis and a stipulation has been provided and by afflux of time if the service has come to an end, that covers the exception clause (bb), and therefore, it does not amount to 'retrenchment'.