B. J. DIVAN, P. N. BHAGWATI, J.

( 1 ) THIS petition raises a short question relating to the interpretation of certain provisions of the Bombay Industrial Relations Act 1946 The facts giving rise to the petition are few and for the most part undisputed and may be briefly stated as follows. The petitioner is the Manager of a Limited Company called Asoka Mills Limited. The Company owns a textile mill in Ahmedabad and carries on business of running the textile mill. Since the Company is engaged in the textile industry the relations between the Company and its employees are governed by the Bombay Industrial Relations Act 1946 Respondent No. 3 is a doffer employed in the Ring Spinning Department of the textile mill belonging to the Company. The duties and wages of doffers for the textile industry in Ahmedabad are governed by the Standardization Award published in the Bombay government Gazette Part 1-L dated 7th August 1954 at page 3904. it appears that the petitioner as the Manager of the Company was exacting from respondent No. 3 work which was not mentioned in the Standardization Award. Respondent No. 3 therefore filed a complaint against the petitioner before the Labour Court under sec

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