" The question was answered by the learned Judges in the following words: "In the absence of any compelling words to indicate that the intention was even to include a bona fide closure of the whole business, it would, we think, be divorcing the expres sion altogether from the context to give it such a wide meaning as is contended for by learned counsel for the respondents . . it would be against the entire scheme of the Act to give the definition clause relating to retrench ment such a meaning as would include within the definition termination of service of all workmen by the employer when the business itself ceases to exist." Rejecting the submission of Dr. Anand Prakash that "termina tion of service for any reason whatsoever" meant no more and no less than discharge of a labour force which was a sur plusage, it was observed in Santosh Gupta (supra) that the misunderstanding of the observations and the resulting confusion stem from not appreciating the lead question which was posed and answered by the learned Judges and ' that the reference to 'discharge on account of surplusage ' was illus trative and not exhaustive on account of transfer or closure of business.