Judgment

DUA, J. :- The Management of Hindustan Steel Ltd., Ranchi challenges in this appeal by special leave, the award made by the Industrial Tribunal, Bihar, Patna dated July 20, 1970 on a reference of the following industrial dispute between the management and their workmen represented by Hindustan Steel Ltd. Employees Union, Ranchi :

"Whether the retrenchment of Shri Venkatesan, Ex-Overseer, Housing Colony Construction Scheme of Hindustan Steel Ltd., Ranchi is proper and justified ? If not, what relief is he entitled to ?"

2. According to the written statement filed by the Management Shri R. Venkatesan Naidu, the workman concerned (hereinafter to be referred as Shri Naidu) was recruited to the work-charged establishment of the Ranchi Housing Project undertaken in 1960 on a consolidated salary of Rs. 250/- p.m. He was recruited in March, 1960 and it was made clear to him that the post was purely temporary subject to termination with or without notice. Shri Naidu joined duty on March 15, 1960 after accepting those conditions. He later applied for the post of Overseer in the same establishment of the Ranchi Housing Project in response to an advertisement and an offer for his appoi