Louis Gilbert Aroquiassamy @ ... vs The Principal / The Managing Director
9. From the above proposition, it is very clear that a Teacher is not a Workman
under the I.D.Act, 1947, even though the School is regarded as an industry. The
judgments produced by the Petitioner in support of his case were all rendered prior
to the judgment of the Apex Court in Sundarambal vs. Government of Goa, Daman
https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/
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W.P.No.1223 of 2020
and Diu and others and will not, therefore, strengthen the case of the Petitioner.
That apart, the Petitioner, having signed the contract, which has been extended
from time to time, as could be seen from Ex.Ps.1 to 6, cannot go back and
endeavour to unsettle the settled issues. The Supreme Court in the following cases
categorically held that the doctrine of binding precedent should be followed in
letter and spirit and heavily came down on the act of unsettling settled issues: