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( 2 ) THE petitioners is Hindustan Steel Construction Ltd. Employees Union. They have challenged the proceedings of the Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment, dated 21-5-1996, in letter No. 50/38/95-B2. By the impugned proceedings the application filed by the petitioners under Section 33-C (1) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for short the Act ) is dismissed by the appropriate Government,

( 3 ) THE learned Counsel for the petitioners strenuously submitted that the petitioners are entitled for the enhanced wages as per the revision of pay scales that have taken place right from the date of retrenchment to the dale the Supreme Court rendered the Judgment, in terms of Section 17-B of the Act. The respondents had resisted this application of the petitioners on two grounds, (1)that there was no permanent sum on the basis of any award or settlement for the alleged recovery in terms of Section 33-C (1) of the Act; and (2) at any rate the petitioners have been paid the wages till the Judgment is rendered by the Supreme Court in terms of Section 17-B of the Act, on the basis of the wages last drawn as on the date of retrenchment and as such they