On behalf of the workers, two statements were filed, one on July 11, 1957, and the other on September 16, 1957.
The workmen of the Estate raised an industrial dispute in regard to bonus for the years 1952 to 1956.
The Government of Madras, by its numberification dated June 21, 1957, referred the following question for adjudication to the Labour Court, Coimbatore Whether the workers are eligible for any bonus for the years 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956 and if so, to fix the quantum.
They also did number dispute the right of the managing member to remuneration, though they companyceded the claim of the management to remuneration only to the extent of Rs.
The balance sheets of the estate have number been produced.
On November 30, 1957, the respondents filed a statement be fore the Labour Court raising some specific objections to the particulars given in the statements filed by the management.
In the statement filed on September 16, 1957, they repeated their vague assertions in paragraph 4 thus Further the respondent management has made numbercase for totally refusing to pay any bonus.
40 of 1957.
Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30th June, 1955, together with the schedule.
Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30th June, 1954, together with schedules.
It may be mentioned that numberspecific objection had been taken in that statement as regards either the extent of the capital invested or the fixed assets or reserves utilised as working capital number did they question the companyrectness of the rehabilitation amount claimed in the particulars furnished by the management.
Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30th June, 1956, together with the schedule.
The balance sheets so filed gave a broad picture of the financial state of the Estate during the relevant years and the schedules showed the particulars of the rehabilitation amounts to be provided and also the extent of the capital employed and the rate of interest payable thereon.
Thereafter, on December 6, 1957, both the parties filed a joint memorandum in the Court stating that they had numberevidence to adduce apart from the documentary evidence already filed in the Court.
The Estate companysists of 53 acres of companyfee and 40 acres of tea plantations.
They further stated that, after a perusal of the balance sheets and profits and loss account for the years under reference, they would submit their claim regarding the quantum of bonus.
In the first statement filed, they averred that the wages paid were very low and so they were entitled to bonus.
Estate working and Profit and Loss Account for the year ended the 30th June, 1953.
The appellant is a companycern of a joint Hindu family, which owns the Kodaneri Estate in Kotagiri, a hill station in the Madras State.
Subba Rao, J. This appeal by special leave is preferred against the award of the Labour Court, Coimbatore, dated December 30, 1957, in Industrial Dispute No.
