Gujarat Court July 1955 Judgments

Associated Cement Company Ltd. Vs. N.L. Vyas and ors.

Court: Gujarat

Reported in: (1955)IILLJ525Guj

S.J. Chhatpar, J.1. This application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India against an order of the industrial tribunal, Rajkot, does not appear to he contested as none of the opponents have filed a return or put in appearance. The order impugned arises out of an industrial dispute referred by the Government of Saurashtra in exercise of powers under Clause (c) of Sub-section (1) of Section 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, by an order dated 6 October 1954, and the dispute related to payment of bonus for the year 1951-52 to the workers of the applicant who are the second opponents, represented by the Cement Kamdar Mandal, Porbandar. In pursuance of this reference, the secretary to the industrial tribunal issued a notice dated 11 October 1954 calling upon the mandal to file a statement of claim in connexion with the said dispute and to serve a copy of the same to the other side, viz., the applicant. In response to this notice the secretary to the mandal replied by...