Judgment :- 1. In the light of the decision in General Secretary, Palai Central Bank Employees' Union v. Official Liquidator, Palai Central Bank Ltd., (1965 KLT. 4), we agree with the learned judge that the termination of the services of the 510 employees of the Company in this case, is not 'retrenchment' but only a termination of service on the 'closure' of the industry. 2. Viewed as a closure, as it is only by stages, we think, that as a principle of justice, equity, and good conscience, the principle of 'last come first go' embodied in S.25G of the Industrial Disputes Act should be followed by the Liquidator. In the light of the said principle, the Official Liquidator will review the termination of the services already made and the rights of 510 employees will be adjusted accordingly. 3. In directing that the principle of 'last come first go' should be followed, we should not be understood as denying altogether any latitude to the Official Liquidator. Indeed, it has been made clear by the Supreme Court in the decision in M/s. Swadesamitram Limited, Madras v. Their Workmen (A.I.R.1960 S.C. 762) that: "The employer may take into account, the considerations of efficiency and trustworthy character of the employees, and if he is satisfied that a person with a long service is inefficient, unreliable or habitually irregular in the discharge of his duties, it would be open to him to retrench his services while retaining in his employment employees who are more efficient, reliable and regular though they may be junior in service to the retrenched workmen. Normally, where the rule, 'last come first go' its thus departed from there should be reliable evidence preferably in the recorded history of the workmen concerned showing their inefficiency, unreliability or habitual irregularity. Wherever it is proved that the rule in question has been departed from, the employer must satisfy the industrial tribunal that the departure was justified; and in that sense the onus would undoubtedly be on the employer." 4. In the light of the principles indicated above, the senior-most of the employees, if wrongly sent out, would be deemed to be in service and paid as such, and the junior-most would be deemed to have been rightly retrenched. 5. The appeal is allowed to the extent indicated above, and dismissed otherwise. No costs.