This Connect provides a brief overview of the judgement of the Himachal Pradesh High Court (HC) in the Registrar Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College v. Padam Kumar case, where it held that an employer is mandatorily required to comply with the provisions governing retrenchment before terminating a workman who has completed 240 days of continuous service. The HC further held that termination on grounds of misconduct without adhering to principles of natural justice is illegal.