Where any workmen are retrenched, and the employer proposes to take into his employ any persons, he shall, in such manner as may be prescribed, give an opportunity 1[to the retrenched workmen who are citizens of India to offer themselves for re-employment and such retrenched workman] who offer themselves for re-employment shall have preference over other persons.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Subs. by s. 16, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 19-12-1964).