JUDGMENT :

Bhargava, J.

1. The respondent, R.L. Khandelwal, was employed as a clerk by the Bank of Jaipur Ltd. sometime in the month of April, 1949, On 5th January, 1952, an industrial dispute between the banking companies of India and their workmen was referred to the All-India Industrial Tribunal (Bank Disputes), Bombay, with Sri S. Panchapagesa Sastry as the Chairman, and two other members. The award of the Tribunal was published in the Gazette of India dated 20th April, 1953. That award is popularly known as the Sastry Award and shall be referred to as such in this judgment. The Sastry Award, inter alia, laid down the scales of pay for various classes of employees in the banks. We are only concerned with employees of two classes, viz., ordinary routine clerks and clerks carrying on supervisory duties or holding certain posts which required special qualifications or skill for the efficient discharge of their duties. A number of posts were put under the latter classification and they included supervisors, superintendents, sub-accountants, etc. On 14th March, 1955, the directors of the bank, by a resolution, authorised certain officers working in the branches of the bank to pass ch