1The petitioners in this original petition are the Joint Secretary Kerala State General Insurance Employee's Union, Cochin and an ex. typist of the United India Insurance Co. Ltd. The 2rd petitioner ie. the ex-typist, was working in the various units of the 2nd respondent company at Cochin office between the following periods:

The petitioners would contend that the above period so calculated together works out more than 240 days of service within a period of 12 months as mentioned in S.25B of the Industrial Disputes Act and the last date of her service came to an end on 31-10-1974. The petitioners' case is that in spite of the mandatory provisions of S.25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, the 2nd respondent in contravention of the said provision terminated the services of the 2nd petitioner and did not pay her compensation or complied with the other provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act. The matter was taken up by the Ist petitioner Union with the Management and in the Southern Region ultimately nearly 30 employees similarly situate like the 2nd petitioner were alleged to have been absorbed in permanent service. One Kumari Chitra Bai had also been left out of this group of employ

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