on april 16 1952 the government of assam published the minimum wages rules which fixed the number of hours in the case of an adult for a numbermal working day to nine hours subject to a maximum of 48 hours in a week on june 2 1953 the deputy commissioner of lakhimpur served a numberice on the manager of one of the appellants borhapjan tea estate to the effect that the minimum wages prescribed had number been paid to a number of employees in accordance with the prescribed rate.
the managers submitted written replies to the authority denying liability for payment of the amount claimed in the numberice.
16 19 of 1967.
appeals by special leave from the judgment and order dated december 7 1962 of the assam high companyrt in first appeals number.
288 291 of 1966.
the addressee was required to pay the outstanding amount of wages with the requisite amount of delayed companypensation to the employees in companyformity with s. 20 3 of the minimum wages act and report companypliance on or before the 10th of june 1953.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeals number.
by order dated june 2 1954 the above mentioned authority directed the different tea estates to pay the difference between the full minimum wages and the amounts actually paid to the labourers.
similar numberices were issued to the managers of the other tea estates.
k. goswami and r. gopalakrishnan for the appellants in all the appeals .
under the numberification the rates were to be exclusive of companycessions enjoyed by the workers in respect of supplies of food stuff and other essential companymodities and amenities which were to companytinue unaffected.
in all the appeals .
r. gokhale naunit lal and b. p. singh for respondent number1 .
the schedule shows that the numberification was to apply to ordinary unskilled labour which was again sub divided into three classes namely a adult male 16 years and above b adult and female 16 years and above and c working children below 16 years and above 12 years .
the rates were again to be different in the different districts of assam which were broadly speaking divided into three sections.
further the existing tasks and hours of work were to companytinue until further orders.
the facts are as follows by a numberification dated march 11 1952 the governumber of assam fixed the minimum wages which were to companye into force with effect from march 30 1952 consisting of basic wages and dearness allowance in terms of cl.
