Air India Thursday told the Delhi High Court that once a pilot tenders resignation, the legal relationship of an employer-employee comes to an end with it and the resignation cannot be withdrawn subsequently.
The submission was made before a bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh which observed that Air India’s stand of unilateral resignation was treading a dangerous path.
The bench was hearing Air India’s appeal against a single judge order quashing the national carrier’s decision to terminate the services of several pilots, both permanent and on contract, and directing their reinstatement.
