Punjab State Electricity Board And Ors vs Avtar Singh

The Supreme Court held that an application under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is not maintainable when the issue pertains to the refusal of work without termination, which should be addressed as an industrial dispute under Section 10 of the same Act. The Court noted that the respondent's claim for salary from June 1997 to November 1999 could be considered in the context of a subsequent industrial dispute. The appeal was allowed with observations but without costs.