17. The Co-Ordinate Bench of this Court, in the case
of The Karnataka Lingayat Education, Society and
others Vs. Siddappa G. Namba and others7 (Karnataka
Lingayat Education Society), opined that there is no mention
of a retired employee/workman to be included within the
meaning of workman under Section 2(s) of the ID Act. The
Division Bench of this Court while confirming the judgment of
the learned Single Judge in Karnataka Lingayat Education
Society has held that the definition of workman under
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79. The reliance placed on the decision rendered in
the case reported in KLE Society, Belgaum (supra) can
also be of no avail. In that case, a coordinate bench of this
Court relied upon the decision rendered in the case
reported in Sri. Siddartha Education Society2, wherein
the employees were claiming parity of pay scales. In this
case, the institution itself had adopted the pay scales of
Government employees and had thereafter sought to
modify it and, therefore, the question involved in the
above-mentioned two cases have no application.