State Act

The Tripura Essential Services Maintenance Act, 2019

2. Definitions (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "service" includes employment of any nature whether paid or unpaid; (b) "Government" means the Government of the State of Tripura; (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (d) "strike" means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any service or class of service to which this Act applies, acting in combination, or a concerted refusal, or a refusal under a common understanding, of any number of persons, who are or have been so employed to continue to work or to accept service, and includes – (i) mass casual leave in pursuance of a common understanding among the persons who avail themselves of such leave, or under the direction of any other person or persons; (ii) refusal to work overtime where such work is necessary for the maintenance of work in any service to which this Act applies; or (iii) any other conduct which is likely to result in, or results in, cessation or substantial retardation of work in any service to which this Act applies.