1. The petitioners entered into a contract of apprenticeship with the first respondent, the Kerala State Electricity Board. When they were undergoing apprenticeship training in pursuance of the said contract of apprenticeship, their services were terminated by the first respondent by Ext.P7 order. The petitioners challenge the said termination in this petition under Art.226 of the Constitution. The learned single judge before whom the matter came up for consideration felt that this case involves consideration of important questions of law and has therefore referred the matter to the Division Bench.

2. Before adverting to the principal contentions urged by Sri. M.M. Cheriyan, learned counsel for the petitioners, we would like to advert to the admitted facts. The admitted facts are: The petitioners entered into a contract of apprenticeship with the first respondent for undergoing training and that in pursuance of the said contract they were undergoing such training. The contract of Apprenticeship executed by the petitioners was not got registered from the Apprenticeship Adviser as required by sub-section (4) of S.4 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to a