mainly of a managerial nature. In this legal backdrop, let us first examine, whether the employee falls within the definition of “workman”. 12. According to the employee, he comes within the meaning of “workman” as given in section 2(s) of the I.D. Act and the management without following the legal procedure, relieved him from service abruptly and hence, the same is illegal termination. On the other hand, it was the case of the management that the nature of the duties and functions performed by the employee was in the supervisory capacity and he was drawing a salary of above Rs.1,600/- and therefore, he does not belong to the category of “workmen”. To prove their respective claims, the employee and the Senior Manager of the management were examined as W.W.1 and M.W.1; and Exts.W1 to W5 and Exts.A to D were marked before the Labour Court. 13. Evidently, the employee was appointed as Junior Engineer (E&C) with effect from 07.06.1997 under Group 3 (Admn) with a salary of Rs.4761.75 per