Artisan, the expression 'artisan' has to be understood as widely as possible and without regard to his skill. Nevertheless, he must be both a workman and an artisan of some kind, Chandigarh Admn. v. Mehar Singh, 1992 Supp (3) SCC 43 (45): 1992 SCC (L&S) 990. [Fundamental Rules, R. 56 (b)]
The word 'artisan', has to be understood in common parlance in a wider sense as an art or an artist or one employed in any of the industrial arts or produces an article of commercial value or utility with manual dexterity, either by manual labour or with the help of tools or machine and brings into existence a product for sale or service, State of Orissa v. Adwait Charan Mohanty, 1995 Supp (1) SCC 470 (475). [Orissa Service Code, Rule 71 (a), Note to second Proviso]