Whatever doubts might have existed before Parliament enacted 25FF and 25FFF about the width of 25F there cannot now be any doubt that the expression 'termination ' of service for any reason whatsoever now covers every kind of termination of service except those not expressly included in section 25F or not expressly provided for by other provisions of the Act such as sections 25FF and 25FFF." The learned Judges drew support from what had been observed in Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd. vs The Workmen, "The object of retrenchment compensation is to give protection to the retrenched employee and his family to enable them to tide over the hard period of unemployment," and observed: "Once the object of 25F, 25FF and 25FFF is understood and the true nature of the compensation which those provisions provide is realised, it is difficult to make any distinction between termination of service for one reason and termination of service for another." Chinnappa Reddy, J. thereafter referred to the Constitution Bench decision and said: "It is true that there are some observations which, if not properly understood with reference to the question at issue, seemingly support the submission of Dr. Anand Prakash that "termination of service for any reason whatsoever" means no more and no less than discharge of a labour force which is a surplusage.