They also demanded two pairs of uniform every year, cycle allowance at the rate of Rs.
They claimed permanency in their employment on their putting in more than 90 days service.
Hence this appeal by special leave.
10/ per month, Provident Fund benefit and National Holidays and other holidays allowed to the other workers.
Appeal by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order dated 8 3 1976 of the Gujarat High Court in Spl.
The appellant preferred a writ application before the High Court which was dismissed in limine, as stated above.
On June 20, 1975, the respond ents filed a companyplaint to the Tribunal under section 33A of the Act for companytravention of section 33 of the Act by the appellant.
While this particular dispute was pending before the Tribunal, the appellant decided to entrust the work, which had till then been performed by these workers in the Water Works Section, to a companytractor.
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C. Agarwal, V.J. Francis and A.P. Gupta for the Respond ents.
263 of 1976.
900 of 1976.
While the aforesaid industrial dispute was pending before the Tribu nal, the appellant, on September 30, 1974, passed orders retrenching 22 daily rated workmen briefly the respondents attached to the Water Works Section of the Municipality.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by GOSWAMI, J. This appeal by special leave at the in stance of the Bhavnagar Municipality is directed against the order of the Gujarat High Court dismissing in limine its writ application challenging the award of the Industrial Tribunal, Gujarat, made under section 33A of the Industrial Disputes Act briefly the Act .
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There was an industrial dispute pending between the Bhavnagar Municipality briefly the appellant and its workmen before the Industrial Tribunal in Reference No.
37 of 1974 referred to it under section 10 1 d of the Act on March 5, 1974.
The said industrial dispute related to several demands including the demand for permanent status of the daily rated workers of the Water Works Section of the Municipality who had companypleted 90 days service.
H. Parekh and Miss Manju jetley for the Appellant.
