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Heard Mr. T.A.Ebenezer, Learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. R.Velmurugan, Learned Counsel appearing for the First Respondent and perused the materials placed on record, apart from the pleadings of the parties. 2. The Petitioner, who was working as a Salesman in the Co-operative Society of the First Respondent, had retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.06.2012. According to the Petitioner, even after attaining the age of superannuation, he had continued to work as daily wage worker at the rate of Rs.400/- per day. It is also the case of the Petitioner that terminal benefits had not been settled till 30.04.2013. In that backdrop, the Petitioner had filed a claim petition in C.P. No. 53 of 2013 under Section 33-C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act' for short) before the Labour Court, Madurai (hereinafter referred to as 'the Labour Court' for short) claiming the dues for such employment. In the proceedings before the Labour Court, it was accepted that the terminal benefits had not been settled till 30.04.2013, but it was denied that the services of the Petitioner had been engaged on daily wages for the period from 01.07.2012 to 30.04.2013 as claimed by him. The Labour Court in the order dated 21.07.2014 came to the conclusion that the encashment of earned leave of Rs. 1,13,256/- due to the Petitioner remained due and directed it to be paid to the Petitioner along with refund of secured deposit of Rs. 4,000/- and costs of Rs.1,000/-. However, the claim made by the Petitioner for wages due for the period from 01.07.2012 to

30.04.2013 was rejected by stating as follows:-

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