ORDER

This appeal by special leave arises from the judgment of the Division Bench of the Madras High Court in W.P. No. 12533/86 dated November 24, 1994. The respondent and others challenged the validity of Sections 24 and 25 of the Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act (50 of 1981) (for short the Act ) and the notification of Government of India bearing No. 35016 issued by Ministry of Labour on April 30, 1986. The Division Bench while upholding the validity of the Act has given relief to the respondent to pay their share of the contribution w.e.f. the date of judgment dated November 24, 1994.

2. The Union of India has filed this appeal. The controversy is no longer res integra. This Court in District Exhibitors Association Muzaffarnagar & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.1, uphels the validity of the provisions aand the rules. However, it was held that the employer s contribution should be made effective from the date of the order setting aside the retrospective operation of the notification. It can thus be concluded that from the date of the notification the owners of the Cinema Theatre are liable to contribute their share and also entitle to deduct fro