A question whether compensation is payable to railway employees whose monthly wages exceeds Rs. 500/- p.m. Decision: In accordance with deification of 'Workman' defined in section 2(1) (n) of the W.C.Act, employment on Monthly wages not exceeding Rs.500/- is not relevant where a person suffering an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment is a railway servant as is defined in section 3 of the Indian Railway Act, 1890 and is not permanently employed in any administrative district or sub-divisional office of a railway and is not also employed in any such capacity as is specified in schedule II. In other words, in the case of such a railway servant, compensation under the Act is awardable inspite of the monthly wages exceeding Rs.500/-

Keywords	Late Shri G.Williams Bombay
Ministry/ Department/ Residency	Ministry of Railway
Branch	Establishment Labour Legislation
From Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1969
To Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1969
Identifier	PR_000006165449
File No./Reference No./Sheet No./Folio No.	File No. E/LL/69AT/WC/1-10/1-14
Location	Repository-4
File Size	41.5 MB
Pages	56
Collection	Digitized Public Records Ministry of Railway
Language	English, Hindi