S.B.MAJMUDAR, J.

(1) DELAY condoned. All matters except C.A. No. 1500 of 2000

(2) LEAVE granted in the Special Leave Petitions (C) Nos. 16401 of 1997, 2015 of 1998, 2017 of 1998 and 3232-3235 of 1998.

(3) THESE appeals were heard finally and are being disposed of by this common judgment. The common question which arise for our consideration in these appeals runs as under :

"WHETHER the clerks and peons working at octroi check-posts and barriers run by the concerned respondent Municipal Committees constituted and functioning under the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 for short the Act) are entitled to be paid for each of the Saturday on which they worked at the octroi check-posts and barriers while their colleagues in the offices of the concerned Municipal Committees were permitted to enjoy those Saturdays as holidays."

(4) THIS question is posed for our consideration though a larger challenge to the actions of the concerned Municipal Committees of denying the facility of enjoying national holidays and festival holidays was also on the anvil of scrutiny of the High Court. These questions were considered by a Full Bench of the High Court and a