( 1 ) THE respondent was appointed by the Range Forest Officer Muli as a Rojamdar labourer on a project undertaken under the Social Forestry Scheme which was introduced by the State Government with the financial assistance of the World Bank since 1980. It is his case that he was appointed in 1981 and his services were terminated on 13-6-85 without considering his seniority and without paying him his legal dues. He therefore raised an industrial dispute in this behalf and the same was referred by the Government to the Labour Court at Surendranagar.

( 2 ) IN his evidence before the Labour Court he stated that his services were terminated on 13 even though new persons were retained in service. He has further stated that in response to the letters written by the Range Forester he had gone to his office four or five time and had written registered letters for giving him work. On behalf of the Forest Department one Harishanker Patel was examined. Only thing that is worth noting in his evidence is that he has denied that any new person was appointed after 13-6-85. As regards the position of the workman he stated that he had no personal knowledge about the same. He did no