ISSUE:
Whether Life Insurance Corporation Development Officers qualify as "workmen" under the Industrial Disputes Act of 1947?
Whether public sector businesses are justified in submitting preliminary objections to the maintainability of industrial dispute references?
RULE:
A "workman" is any person employed in an industry to do manual, clerical, technical, or supervisory work for hire or reward, but excludes individuals employed in managerial or administrative roles regardless of the job titles.