appeal by special leave from the award dated march 11 1968 of the viith industrial tribunal west bengal calcutta in case number viii 287 of 1966 published in the calcutta gazette dated april 18 1968.
curtailment of unpaid festival holidays.
there used to be a system in the appellant companypanys establishment of granting nine days unpaid festival holidays in addition to the paid festival and other holidays.
in the written statement which was filed by the appellant it was stated in para.
in these awards the service companyditions including leave and holidays of the workmen were standardised.
each side examined one witness p.w.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 1923 of 1968.
the appellant has been granted leave and holidays as per those awards and in accordance with the provisions of the factories act the shops and establishment act and the employees state insurance act.
the appellant companypany is a unit of the engineering industry in west bengal having three factories in various parts of calcutta.
the companypany employs about 1650 workmen in all these factories.
it was also asserted that the system of granting unpaid holidays was numberlonger being followed in the engineering industry.
the paid holidays which are being granted are ten in a year.
at the instance of the appellant company the government of west bengal referred the following issue by an order dated june 7 1966 to the industrial tribunal for adjudication.
the respondent did number appear.
in other words he stated that 19 holidays were being given to the workers at present out of which ten were paid holidays and the rest without pay.
moreover other holidays enjoyed by the workmen along with the workmen of other similar units were far in excess of what prevails in other companyntries.
1 gobind day who appeared on behalf of the appellant supported the assertions made in the written statement filed on behalf of the appellant.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by grover j. this is an appeal by special leave from the award of the seventh industrial tribunal west bengal.
n. mukherjee for the appellant.
