1The appellant before us is the Regional Director of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation. The question raised in this appeal is one of importance as the decision that we render in this case may have considerable impact on, the question of coverage under the Employees' State Insurance Act , 1948. The respondent here is the partner of a firm styled "Sylvan Laminations." The said firm is engaged in making shuttle blocks. In the premises where the work is carried on by M/s. Sylvan Laminations there are persons employed in the work of plaining and wood processing and also in the work of lamination. Such work was necessary to produce the finished product. Though all these-activities were carried on in the same premises the work of sawing was being carried out by employees of PW 2 one Krishnan Kutty Nair and the work of plaining and wood processing was being carried out by the employees of one Zacharia. These gentlemen have been examined in the Employees' Insurance Court as PW 2 and PW 3 respectively. They say they are carrying out the work as contractors of M/s. Sylvan Laminations. The total number of workers engaged in these three activities is not less than 20 so much so that i

Click Here to Read the rest of this document