7. The enforcement of the said Act and the acquisition of benefits therein is in addition to other benefits availed of by such employee, under other laws like Workmen Compensation Act. In fact for the purpose of having the statutory obligation under Section 47 of the Act, it is not necessary that disability should have been acquired due to the nature of employment undergone by a worker. What is required for the benefit to be given under the Act is that, such an employee should have acquired the disability within the meaning of the terms under the Act, immaterial as to whether such disability was acquired due to the nature of employment or otherwise. Therefore, even in cases where due to the nature of employment, such disability is acquired, in which case, the workman would be entitled for the benefit under the Workmen Compensation Act and what is provided under Section 47 of the Act, is certainly in addition to whatever benefits he would have acquired under the Workmen Compensation Act. This view has been expressed by a Division Bench of this Court in G.Muthu v. The Management of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai) Ltd., reported in 2007-1-L.W.146. That was a case where, on the ground of colour blindness, an employee of the Corporation was refused to be given alternate employment. While explaining about the term
