Narasimham, J.

1. These tour writ applications arise out of one judgment delivered by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal Dhanbad in four Bonus Appeals under sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 8 of the Coal Mines Bonus Scheme (hereafter referred to as the Scheme), against I he order of the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Dhanbad, dated the 14th November. 1963. As the points in controversy are the same, all the four writ petitions are disposed of in one judgment.

2. The petitioner is the owner (if the two collieries, namely. Bhelaland Colliery and Sijua Colliery In both the collieries, according to well established usage, Sundays were observed as weekly days of rest But on the fifth September 1963, due to power shortage, the petitioner emplover desired to stagger the days of the weekly holidays in all its collieries. Accordingly, a notice was issued on the 10th September. 1963, to all the workmen concerned, informing them that in Sijua Colliery Wednesdays will be treated as the weekly clays of rest and Sundays will be treated as working days. In Bhelatand Colliery the weekly day of rest was fixed as a Friday, bill on the representation of the parties concerned it