( 1 ) THE principal point that culls for decision in both these petitions is whether a newspaper correspondent is a working journalist within the terms oi the Working Journalists (Conditions ol Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955.

( 2 ) THESE petitions seek the issuance of writs of certiorari to call for the records of the Labour Courts, Andhra Pradesh, one situated at Guntur and the other at Hyderabad. The Labour Court of Hyderabad sitting at Guntur decided that a correspondent is a working journalist as defined in the Act, while the other court held that a correspondent did not satisfy the definition of working journalist in the Act. As the facts of these two cases are similar and as the principle evolved in one would govern the other, it is sufficient to deal with one of them. For this purpose, we will consider the tacts ol W. P. No. 677 of 1958. The petitioner was engaged on 12-2-35 as a correspondent at Guntur by the Express Newspapers Limited and he was being paid remuneration on lineage basis. A year later, he was appointed as selling agent of, the Express Newspapers, Dinamani and Andhra Prabha, Guntur on a deposit of Rs. 6,000. 00, In course of time