(P.B. Majmudar, J.)

The litigation between the appellant and respondent No.1 (hereinafter “the respondent”) is going on since last two decades. The disciplinary proceedings were initiated against the respondent in the year 1990 by the appellant-Air India on the ground that respondent absented herself on the expiry of leave which was granted to her. She was pregnant at that time and delivered a child later on. By this time even the concerned child has become major, having completed twenty years of age. Still the legal matter is going on between the appellant and the respondent who was appointed as an Air Hostess in Air India.

2. The respondent at the relevant time was serving as a Air Hostess in the Air India. Respondent was employed as a Trainee Air Hostess with the Appellant on 17th February, 1983. Initially she had applied for earned leave w.e.f. 1st June, 1988 to 1st July, 1988. Subsequently she had applied for extension of leave on 2nd July, 1988 and such extension of leave was applied from time to time. It seems, in the meanwhile, the respondent became pregnant and she had applied for maternity leave. The maternity leave was sanctioned upto 10th May, 1990. It is poin