The Punjab Land Development And ... vs Presiding Officer, Labour Court, U.T. ... on 28 September, 2000
The said decision of the three Judge bench was approved by a Constitution Bench of this Court in the case of Punjab Land Development and Reclamation Corporation Ltd., Chandigarh V. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Chandigarh [1990] 3 SCC 682, in view of this settled legal position, therefore, it must be held that termination of services of the respondent workman on 29-4-1966 which was admittedly not by way of punishment clearly amounted to retrenchment attracting Section 25F of the I.D.Act."