towards one month salary in lieu of notice, as per the rules of company and in terms of clause 14 of the appointment order issued by the management. It is an admitted fact that without any objection, the employee accepted the said cheque and encashed the same. Hence, there is no violation of procedure on the part of the management in terminating the services of the employee. As already held above, the employee is not a “workman” as covered under section 2(s) and hence, the provisions of the I.D. Act do not apply to him. Resultantly, the contention of the learned senior counsel for the employee qua violation of section 25F coupled with sections 25G and 25H of the I.D. Act, ordering reinstatement with full back wages as normal rule, etc., cannot be countenanced by us. Though we are in agreement with the principles laid down in the10 citations relied on by the learned counsel for the employee, they do not come to rescue the employee as the facts of the same are distinguishable. Thus, we