H.L.Agarwal and S.N.Jha JJ.

1. The question arising in this writ application is whether the petitioner who was appointed as a temporary Tehsildar, is entitled to the benefit of Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act (for short the Act) or not.

2. The first appointment of the petitioner was made by the order of the Deputy Collector, Revenue Division, Biharsharif dated 5.2.1977 in the Irrigation Department. Under the appointment the petitioner was allowed to work till 23.7.1977. He was again appointed on the same post by the same officer by his order dated 27.1.1979. His services were terminated this time on 31.1.1979 (sic). It may be mentioned that these appointments were made on purely temporary basis for the purpose of collection of irrigation fees from the cultivators to boost up the recovery target. The petitioner got yet another appointment along with two others by the order of the same officer dated 31-7-1979 (Annexure 3). One of the stipulations made in this office order was that this appointment was made till the Selection Committee made regular appointment for the collection. This order was modified by another office order dated 11.9.1980 to this extent that the