The First Wage Board was appointed on December 26.
The reference to the Industrial Tribunal was made by the numberification dated September 23, 1969 There is numbercontroversy that at that time the recommendations which were in force were those made by the First Wage Board for Sugar Industry.
According to the appellant, the Dearness Allowance has been given by the Tribunal at the rate fixed by the Second Wage Board for Sugar Industry which came into effect only from November, 1970.
1957 and its report was published in 1960.
The award itself was passed on October 25, 1970, even before the recommendations of the Second Wage Board became effective.
According to Mr. Dang, Learned companynsel for the appellant, the management was prepared to pay at the rates fixed by the First Wage Board for Sugar Industry, whose report was published in 1960.
