JUDGMENT - R.J. KOCHAR, J.:---The petitioner employer is aggrieved by the order dated 9-10-1995 passed by the Presiding Officer of 4th Labour Court in Application I.D.A. No. 182 of 1994 filed by the respondent workman claiming overtime wages from 1-12-1988 till 31-12-1993 to the tune of Rs. 65,488/-. According to the respondent workman-applicant during his employment he was required to do overtime work for two hours every day and he was therefore entitled to get overtime wages which was not paid by the petitioner employer. The respondent workman filed the said application after his dismissal from employment. The Labour Court considered the pleadings and evidence of both the parties and allowed the application filed by the respondent workman partly to the tune of Rs. 58,840/- towards the claim of the workman for overtime wages. The Labour Court has also awarded 15% interest per annum on the said amount from the date of filing of the application till its realization.

2. According to the petitioner, the respondent workman had not done any over time work and was not entitled to any overtime wages. The petitioner also pleaded that the workman had taken a loan from the petitioner to the

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