INDIAN OXYGEN LIMITED Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Special Leave granted.

(2.) Whether International Labour Day (1st May) should be paid holiday in addition to the existing holidays for the employees of the appellant Company is the sole question for determination in this appeal. The appellant is a public limited company having manufacturing units and selling outlets in the different parts of the country. In the State of Bihar the company has an establishment at Mona Road, Burma Mines, Jamshedpur manufacturing Industrial and Medical Cases and there is another establishment located, at Ranchi manufacturing liquid oxygen explosives.

(3.) The holidays available to the employees of the company's establishment are provided by the settlement dated 14 March 1971. The settlement provides for a total number of 18 holidays for office staff and 14 holidays for the factory staff. The relevant portion of the settlement reads: