Anantanarayanan, J.

The appeal is by the Anglo-French Mills, Pondicherry, represented by its manager, and involves questions of considerable interest relating to labour law as it prevails in Pondicherry. For the purpose of clarification, we may state that there is a Labour Code which governs the relationship between employment organizations and workers in Pondicherry, an authorized translation of the French text which has been issued by the International Labour Office, Geneva. Some time after this code came into force, as far as Pondicherry is concerned, there were proceedings of mutual discussion and conciliation, upon all aspects of the relationship between employment and labour, authorized by the State. This has resulted in what is known as the Chakravarthi award, which is named after the deputed officer, who held the enquiry. Admittedly, organizations like the Anglo-French Mills (appellant) have framed standing orders for employees in pursuance of this award, which have also been revised and approved by the Arbitration Commission for Textile Mills. The result is, in brief, that

(1) the Labour Code,

(2) the Chakravarthi award, and

(3) the standing orders,

are the sources