Ranjan is a graduate holding degree of BE (Mechanical). For career prospective, he joined the training in Gas and Oil Production Ltd. The period of his apprenticeship was 18 months. After completion of such training, he

As per section 22(1) of the Apprentices Act, 1961 every employer shall formulate its own policy for recruiting any apprentice who has completed the period of apprenticeship training in his establishment. Section 22(2) states that notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), where there is a condition in a contract of apprenticeship that the apprentice shall, after the successful completion of the apprenticeship training, serve the employer, the employer shall, on such completion, be bound to offer suitable employment to the apprentice, and the apprentice shall be bound to serve the employer in that capacity for such period and on such remuneration as may be specified in the contract. Provided that where such period of remuneration is not, in the opinion of the Apprenticeship Adviser, reasonable, he may revise such period or remuneration so as to make it reasonable, and the period or remuneration so revised shall be deemed to the period of remuneration agreed to between the apprentice and the employer. Thus, an apprentice can not demand the employment.