(1.) A notification dated June 21, 1991 was published in the U.P. Gazette of the same date. The notification recites as under:
(2.) THE above rates of wages shall not in any way, operate to the prejudice of any employee, if the rates prevailing before coming into force of these rates are higher, the same shall be continued to be paid and the employer shall not reduce them.
(3.) SINCE the counter and rejoinder affidavits have been exchanged in Writ Petition No. 22661 of 1991, the said case is being treated as a leading case in the matter.