Judgment

BHARGAVA, J.: The workmen of Orient Paper Mills Ltd., Brajrajnagar, have come up in this appeal by special leave against an award of the industrial Tribunal, Orissa. An industrial dispute between these workmen and the management of Orient Paper Mills Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") was referred by the State Government underSection10 (1) (d) of the Industrial Disputes Act (hereinafter referred as "the Act") for adjudication by the Tribunal enumerating 30 different items of dispute. The Tribunal gave its award on all the thirty items. The special leave in this Court was sought and granted in respect of two matters covering of some of these items. The first matter related to fixation of wages, including minimum wages, and this was covered by items Nos. 1,3, 4, 22 and 26 in the schedule attached to the Order of Reference. The second matter in the appeal related to bonus covered by item No. 2 of that schedule. In the course of the hearing of the appeal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the workmen further gave up some of the points which were the subject-matter of the items mentioned above, so that in this judgment we need deal with only those points which