Judgment

VENKATARAMIAH, J. :- This petition is filed under Art. 136 of the Constitution for special leave to appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh dated 11- 12-84 allowing an appeal filed against the judgment dated 31-12-80 in E.I. Case No. 4 of 1980 on the file of the Employees Insurance Court at Hyderabad.

2. The petitioner is a limited company carrying on business at Secunderabad and at some other places in India. The petitioner is engaged in the business of importing fertilizers. It represents some foreign principals for the sale of their products in India. The petitioner imports fertilizers into India which is an item purchased by the Central Government through the State Trading Corporation/Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India. In the course of its business the petitioner obtains the tenders from the State Trading Corporation/Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India and passes them on to its principals abroad. Thereafter negotiations are carried on directly between the State Trading Corporation/Minerals Metals and Trading Corporation of India and the foreign principals. After the deal is completed and the fertilizers arrive at the In