( 1 ) THE employer, a Co-operative Society, registered under the provisions of the U. P. Cooperative Societies Act, has challenged the award of the labour court, Ghaziabad, dated 8th january, 1997 in Adjudication Case No. 19 of 1993.

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( 3 ) THE parties have exchanged their pleadings and adduced the evidence. The workman concerned has set up the case that she has been working with the employer with effect from 16th november, 1984 till 30th June, 1985 and thereafter from 25th August, 1987 till 31st December, 1988 as Typist and her services were terminated without assigning any reason on 1st January, 1989. No enquiry, whatsoever, has been conducted nor the provisions of retrenchment has been complied with. As against this, the employer have set up the case that the workman concerned was employed with effect from 1