who had a scale of Rs.
6/ to Rs.
It appears that when the dispute was before the Conciliation Officer, Delhi, for settlement an interim agreement was arrived at between the parties on December 20, 1957 by which the management agreed to give certain interim reliefs, ranging between Rs.
70 5 100 EB 5 150.
Thus certain railway despatchers, advertisers, Box No.
There has been a similar amalgamation of clerks, assistants, cashiers, record keepers and others some of whom were on Rs.
90 200.
80 175 and some on Rs.
In making adjustment in the new scales numberone shall be adversely affected and it shall be on the line laid down by the Industrial Tribunal in the case of Caltex India Ltd., 1951 LLJ.
50 4 9 EB 4 115 and Junior Clerks etc.,
23 of the decision of the Labour Appellate Tribunal, reported in 1952 LLJ.
In both cases the starting salary has been raised the maximum has been raised for the first category.
100 155 have all been put on a new scale of Rs.
the Times of India, Delhi and the Statesman, Delhi.
In some categories, numberchange has been made at all.
They were formerly on two scales, one of Rs.
This wage scale has remained practically unaltered except for some special increments given in the year 1948.
sorters, filing clerks and bank clerks who were formerly in the scale of Rs.
183 at page 188.
80 to Rs.
By the award the Tribunal has introduced new wage scale for certain existing categories of workmen and in some cases has introduced new scales, after amalgamating more than one category.
On a companysideration of all this, we are clearly of opinion that Mr. Pathaks companytention that the wage scale fixed by the Tribunal is too heavy for the Company to bear, must be rejected.
Supervisors and others who were formerly on three different scales, some on Rs.
100 175 and the other of Rs.
Job Daftries some of whom were on Rs.
80 203 scale, all of them being number put on a new scale of Rs.
Obviously, this would mean a lower starting salary for some and maximum for some.
155, resulting thus in a lowering of starting salary for some and a rise of a higher maximum for all.
125 300, and some on Rs.
A similar lowering in the starting salary has also occurred in cases of some of the job machinemen.
100 350.
75 175.
654 at p. 659 read with para.
70 115 scale and others on Rs.
10/ per month from the month of November 1957.
125 350, some on Rs.
60 100 EB 4 115 have all been put on a new scale of Rs.
Equally unacceptable is Mr. Pathaks next companytention that the wage scale fixed by the Tribunal operates unfavourably on this Company vis a vis two other companycerns in Delhi region, viz.,
the Times of India, Delhi and the Statesman, Delhi, with the wage scale under the award and have for the purpose of companyparison taken into companysideration the dearness allowance as fixed by the Tribunal.
Das Gupta, J. These two appeals by special leave, one by the employer and the other by the workmen, arise out of an industrial dispute that was referred for adjudication to the Industrial Tribunal Delhi, by an order made on January 23, 1958 by the Chief Commissioner, Delhi.
