A question whether certain categories like store Issuer, Store Clerks, Station Clerks, etc. are governed by the term Workman under the W.C. Act, 1923. The question whether an employee, irrespective of whether he was employed on clerical duties or not should be treated as a workman or not within the scope of the W.C. Act of not had to be decided with reference to the nature of work on which he was employed at the time of accident. The Law Ministry confirmed that the types of cases referred to by SE Railway would fall within the scope of the W.C. Act Clarified to SE Railway accordingly

Keywords	Workmen's Compensation Act G.D. Sud
Ministry/ Department/ Residency	Ministry of Railway
Branch	Establishment Labour Welfare Act
From Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1967
To Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1967
Identifier	PR_000006162842
File No./Reference No./Sheet No./Folio No.	File No. E/LWA/67AT/WC/1-1/1-6
Location	Repository-4
File Size	15.8 MB
Pages	20
Collection	Digitized Public Records Ministry of Railway
Language	English