JUDGMENT

S.N. Variava, J.-These Appeals are against a judgment dated 5th August, 1966 passed by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.

2. Briefly stated the facts are as follows :

The Appellant is a Road Transport Corporation established under Section 3 of the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950. The Respondents are employees of the Appellant Corporation. The Respondents had filed an application under Section 15(2) of the Payment of Wages Act claiming wages for holidays declared under the Andhra Pradesh Factories and Establishments (National Festival and other Holidays) Act, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act). This claim was contested by the Appellant. The Appellant pointed out that under the said Act only 7 days holiday were to be given, whereas they had already granted 15 days holiday. The Appellant also contended that by virtue of Section 11(1)(c) of the said Act the provisions of the said Act were not applicable to them. The Appropriate Authority did not accept the contentions of the Appellant and directed them to make payment for the work done by the Respondents on holidays declared under the said Act. The Appeals filed by the Appellant were also dismissed. The Appellant