The relevant portion of the said power of attorney read The Bank do here by numberinate companystitute and appoint Shree Hari Har Nath Bhargava in the service of the said bank at Kota to be the true and lawful attorney of the said bank at its registered office at Jaipur aforesaid or at any other place or places in India where the said bank may have or establish branches or agencies and to which he may from time to time or at any time be appointed by the said bank as Branch Manager, Agent, Sub Agent, Accountant, or in any capacity whatever for and in the name of and on behalf of the said bank to do, transact jointly with Secretary, Manager, Sub Manager etc.
The execution of the power of attorney dated 29th May, 1954 was admitted but the appellant denied that the duties entrusted to the respondent companystituted performance by him of any supervisory nature of work.
The bank executed a power of attorney in his favour on May 31, 1954 in pursuance of a resolution of its Board of Directors passed on 20th May, 1954.
On March 31, 1964 the respondent filed an application before the Central Government Labour Court, Rajasthan under S. 33 C 2 praying for companyputation of special allowance under what is known as the Sastry Award on the ground that he had been discharging supervisory duties from 6th April, 1954 to 1st January, 1956.
At the Jaipur branch where he was transferred, there were many signatories above him, while at Sikar there was only another such signatory and he was the second officer.
Appeal by special leave from the order dated February 14, 1966 of the Central Govt.
The respondent was examined before the Labour Court where he said that he was the second signatory at Kota during the period, April 1954 to middle of July 1955.
As a matter of fact, he had been entrusted with supervisory duties from 6th April, 1954 to 12th July, 1955 and thereafter from 27th December, 1955 to 6th January, 1956.
1923 of 1966.
40 p.m. with ,effect from 6th April, 1954 to 31st December, 1955 with, companysequential benefits.
On January 1, 1956 he was promoted to the cadre of junior officers of the bank.
He was entrusted with supervisory work from 6th April, 1954.
On December 27, 1955 he was posted at Sikar where he had to perform supervisory duties.
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Obviously what he meant by the word signatory was a person authorised by the bank to discharge the functions companyered by the power of attorney.
The respondent was appointed a clerk by the State Bank of Jaipur in 1949.
He was transferred from Kota to Jaipur on July 12, 1955.
The facts in this case may be shortly stated.
He was transferred to Kota in the year 1952.
K Ramamurthi, J. Ramamurthi and Vineet Kumar, for the respondent.
L. Sanghi and P.M. Tiwari for the appellant.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Mitter, J. This appeal by special leave is from an order of the Central Government Labour Court, Rajasthan passed on February 14, 1966 on an application under S. 33 C 2 of the Industrial Disputes Act filed by the respondent, Hari Har Nath Bhargava, holding that the latter was entitled to supervisory allowance under paragraph 164 b 9 of the Sastry Award even for the period when the latter was number actually performing supervisory duties.
