of the appropriate authority that an industrial dispute exists between the parties, a reference was made, which culminated in I.D. Case No.27 of 2007, in which, the Labour Court passed an award on 22.09.2010, reinstating the employee in service along with compensation of Rs.75,000/- in lieu of back wages, after having held that the employee was a “workman” in terms of section 2(s) of the I.D. Act. Challenging the same, the management filed the aforesaid writ petition, which was partly allowed by the High Court, in the terms as already stated in paragraph 2 supra. Therefore, the present Civil Appeals by both the parties. 5. The learned senior counsel appearing for the employee contended that the 4 For short, “the I.D. Act” 5 For short, “E&C”3 employee falls within the ambit of “workman” as per section 2(s) of the Act; he was terminated by the management without any reason; he was not given any opportunity before such termination nor there was any contract of service that his services