SHANKAR TEXTILE MILLS Vs. ITS WORKMEN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal by special leave arises out of an industrial dispute between the appellant, Shankar Textile Mills and the respondents its workmen. The said dispute was the result of five demands made by the respondents against the appellant. It is one of these demands with which the present appeal is concerned. This demand was demand 2 and the reference in respect of it was made in these words :

(2.) THE workmen concerned are 13 in number and against their several names are shown the months in which they claimed to have joined the service of the undertaking respectively. All the items in dispute were referred by the Governor of Punjab for adjudication to the labour court at Amritsar on 14 February, 1959. The labour court considered the dispute and made its award on 9 May, 1959. In respect of the demand with which we are concerned, the labour court held that the dates of joining service of the workmen shown against their respective names in the reference were correct, except in regard to Ram Samad and Chander Bhan who should be taken to have joined the mills on 1 October, 1955 and 14 March, 1952 respectively. It is against this part of the award that the appellant has come to this Court.