Judgement

SHELAT, J.: This appeal, by special leave, is against the award dated September 28, 1964 of the Industrial Tribunal, Patna.

2. The appellant company is an all India complex having establishments in different parts of the country. In Bihar alone, it has two factories, one at Jamshedpur and the other at Ranchi, and has depots at Patna and other towns. The factory at Jamshedpur is an establishment under the Bihar Shops and Establishments Act.

3. Certain disputes having arisen between the appellant company and its workmen employed in the factory at Jamshedpur, the company and the said workmen represented by their union called the Indoxco Labour Union, Jamshedpur, made a joint application dated September 7, 1963 to the Government of Bihar for a reference under Sec. 10 (2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. By a notification dated October 23, 1963, the Government referred five disputes to the Tribunal for adjudication. We are concerned in this appeal with only two disputes arising from demands Nos. 3 and 5. These demands were,

No. 3 - "The payment of overtime to office staff should be 1 1/2 times the ordinary rate beyond their normal duty hours."

No. 5.-"Union representatives s