Appeal by special leave from the Award dated the 4th August, 1977 of the Industrial Tribunal Maharashtra, Bombay in Reference IT No.
Though the demands made by the workers Union and the adjudication thereon by the Tribunal related to items like wage scale, dearness allowance, extra show allowance, gratuity, service companyditions of number permanent staff and retrospectivity, while granting special leave this Court companyfined the appeal to three points, namely, i retrospectivity of the award, ii linkage of dearness allowance to some rational principle and companystruction of s. 4 5 of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, and leave was expressly refused in regard to the other grounds mentioned in the special leave petition.
L. Dudhia, K.L. Hathi and Mrs. Hemantika Wahi, for the Appellant.
248 of 1975 in the industrial dispute between the respondent and the workmen employed by it and published in Maharashtra Government Gazette on November 3, 1977.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
B. Pai, Manik A. Gagrat, G. Subramaniam, S.S. Shroff, P. Mohanty and T.R. Das, for the Respondents.
248 of 1975 published in M.O.G. Part I L dated 3rd November, 1977.
1558 L of 1978.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by TULZAPURKAR.
J. This appeal by special leave is directed against the award of the Industrial Tribunal Maharashtra, Bombay, dated September 22, 1977, in Reference T. No.
