Workmen Of Meenakshi Mills Ltd. Etc. Etc vs Meenakshi Mills Ltd. And Anr. Etc. Etc on 15 May, 1992
12. The Supreme Court, in Workmen of Meenakshi Mills Ltd. (supra),
held that the power of the appropriate government under Section 25-N(2) of
the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 to grant or refuse permission for
retrenchment to be not purely administrative in character but partaking
exercise of a function which is judicial in nature owing to the exercise of the
said power envisaging passing of a speaking order on an objective
consideration of relevant facts after affording an opportunity to the
concerned parties.