Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Re-employment of retrenched workmen.—Where any workmen are retrenched, and the employer proposes to take into his employ any persons, he shall, in such manner as may be prescribed, give an opportunity 1[to the retrenched workmen who are citizens of India to offer themselves for re- employment, and such retrenched workmen] who offer themselves for re- employment shall have preference over other persons. Case Law 1 Subs. by Act 36 of 1964, Section 16, for certain words (w.e.f 19.12.1964). The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Applicability Section 25H is couched in wide language and is capable of application to all ‘retrenched workmen’ and not merely those covered under section 25F of the Act; Central Bank of India v. S. Satyam, JT 1996 (7) SC 181, Re-employment: valid termination Re-employment in terms of section 25H of the Act are supposes a valid termination in the first instance and, therefore, constitutes a different cause or action and can be gone into by the Labour Court only if a reference is to be made in this regard but not otherwise. It cannot be described as a matter incidental to the dispute relating to termination; Karnal Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-labour Court, 1994 LLR 248 (P&H). 25-I. Recovery of moneys due from employers under this Chapter, — [Rep. by the Industrial Disputes (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 (36 of 1956), sec. 19 (w.e.f. 10-3-1957)]