Srinivasan, J.

The management of Indian Bank is aggrieved by the Award passed by the Industrial Tribunal Madras, in I.D. No. 16 of 1981 holding that the second respondent herein is a workman as defined by Section2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act and granting a declaration that she is deemed to be in service and would be entitled to a quantified amount of Rs. 100/- per month from 2nd May 1978 until her reemployment by the management.

2. The second respondent became a Tiny Deposit Agent by virtue of a written contract marked as Ex. M. 3 dated 3rd March 1977 between her and the Bank. There was also an order of appointment dated 21st February 1977 which is marked as Ex. M. 2. By letter dated 2nd May 1978 the Bank purported to terminate the agency of the second respondent. The second respondent raised a dispute through the union that she was a workman as defined by the Industrial Disputes Act and the termination was not justified. On reference to the Tribunal, it was held by the Tribunal that she satisfied the definition of workman given by Section2(s) of the Act.

3. Section2(s) of the Act reads as follows :

"Workman" means any person (including an apprentice) employed in any