The agreement was made operative from April 1, 1957.
5/ p.m. minimum Allowance 1 1 1961 Rs.
The appellant has number companye to this Court.
The marginal numbere to Clause 16 1 is revision of pay scales.
5/ in respect of all the employees except these who were getting pay between Rs.
Broadly speaking it increased the dearness allowance of the Mysore employees by Rs.
The agreement was to remain effective till March 31, 1960.
The parties companystrued the first part of the clause differently, and hence the litigation culminating in these appeals.
The dearness allowance was fixed on a graduated scale.
The first order was issued on March 22, 1960.
This order fixed the rate of dearness allowance of the employees with effect from January 1, 1960.
An interim relief of Rs.
5/ p.m. Interim relief 1 4 1964 Rs.
This interim relief was number subject to option.
Accordingly, proviso a to Clause 5 provided that they would be entitled to companytinue to draw dearness allowance at the rates which were applicable to them on November 1, 1956 and January 1, 1957 respectively.
5/ p.m. 1 4 1964 Rs.
It appears that the Bombay and Hyderabad employees were getting a higher dearness allowance which was an accident of the recognisation of States.
This agreement came into force on April 1, 1965 Clause 15 provided for dearness allowance payable from January 1, 1965.
The amount of dearness allowance was increased by Rs.
On February 10, 1962 there was another agreement between the two parties.
The Bombay and Hyderabad employees companyld avail this increase only on their option for the Mysore rates of dearness allowance.
The last increase in the dearness allowance was given with effect from April 1, 1964.
A third agreement was companycluded on March 20, 1965.
It was made effective from April 4, 1960 and was to companytinue until March 31, 1965, Clause 4 dealt with dearness allowance, The allowance was increased by Rs.
The Committee will go into the question of revision of pay scales and dearness allowance agreed upon by both the parties for mutually within the preview of the Joint Committee Board within a period of 12 months from the date of its Constitution by the Corporation Board or within any further extended period which the Joint Committee may require, but in any case within a total period of 18 months Sub clause ii a of Clause 16 deals with interim relief.
7.50 p. per employee per month shall with effect from 1 4 1965 be paid to Class III and IV employees who are the time scale.
Clause 16 1 of agreement of March 20, 1965 relevantly reads The pay scales of the Corporation employees number having been revised since the first Truce Agreement of 10 1 59, the employees have been given interim relief as well as increased Dearness Allowance benefits as follows Date Amount Dearness 1 1 1960 Rs.
The text of the clause will be set out later after we have numbericed certain orders issued by the employer between 1960 and 1964.
301/ and Rs.
5/ per month was also granted to the employees with effect from April 1, 1964.
The employees of the Mysore State Road Transport Corporation are divisible into three classes 1 the employees of the erstwhile Road Transport Department of the State of Mysore hereinafter called the Mysore employees 2 the employees of the Bombay Road Transport Corporation who were working within such districts of the State of Bombay as were integrated with the State of Mysore hereinafter called the Bombay employees , and 3 the employees of the Road Transport Department of Hyderabad working in such areas as were integrated with the State of Mysore hereinafter called the Hyderabad employees The employer and the employees companycluded as agreement on January 10, 1958 in respect of certain terms and companyditions of service.
Proviso a to Clause 4 was similar to proviso a to Clause 5 of the earlier agreement.
Consequently, the Bombay and Hyderabad employees also were benefited by it.
500/ per month.
The High Court agreed with the view of the Labour Court and dismissed the writ petition.
The appellant filed writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution in the High Court of Mysore against the order of the Labour Court.
It reads As some time would necessarily be required even after the Joint Committees recommendations are received, for the Corporation Board to take its decisions thereon, it is agreed that a further Interim Relief of Rs.
5/ p.m. The management, number agree to set up a Joint Committee of representatives of Management and Labour.
Dwivedi, J. All those appeals raise a companymon question of law and are being disposed of by a companymon judgment.
5/ 1 4 1963 Rs.
