( 1 ) WHETHER the duties performed by the respondent No. 2 Smt. Chanda Begam, the alleged workman performing the job of a lady social worker whose work was primarily to persuade the ladies for the purpose of family planning, is covered within the definition of the word workman under Section 2 (z) of the U. P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for short the Act), is the short question that falls for determination in the present petition filed by the petitioner, the employer, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, with a prayer to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned award dated May 20, 1992 (Annexure-I to the petition ).

( 2 ) THE facts of the case are almost admitted. Respondent No. 2 was employed as lady social worker in the Kanpur Branch of the Family Planning Association of India. The main job of the lady social worker was to impart information and knowledge of family planning methods, to motivate eligible couples for acceptance and practice of family planning, to promote and distribute conventional contraceptives and refer cases of terminal methods to Government hospitals, to hold meetings of eligible couples t