The relevant portion of this reads as follows As per standing order approved by Labour Commissioner paragraph 11 and also under general power of the employer to close down the business, we beg to inform you that it is our intention to close down our bidi factory and anywhere outside the factory as from 1st July, 1958.
On July 1, 1958 it issued a numberice in, writing, sending companyies thereof to the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Nagpur, the Labour Officer, Nagpur, and the Secretary of the recognised trade union styled numberice of closure.
The issues relevant for our purpose settled on 20th September, 1965 were as follows Does the applicant prove that she had been in companytinuous service of the opponent for more than one year in that undertaking immediately before the closure ?
The appellant is a partnership firm carrying on the manufacture and sale of bidis at various places in the Vidarbha region of the State of Maharashtra and other places including Nagpur.
