ORDER :- This is a batch of Civil Revision petitions filed against the orders made by the learned District Judge of Salem in Appeals Nos. 186 and 279 to 283 of 1953, reversing the orders of the Additional Commissioner for Workmens compensation, Madras.

2. The facts are : In the first half-year of 1953 a cut in the supply of electricity was introduced under the orders of the Government of Madras. During that period when this cut was introduced the employer of the Jawahar Mills, Ltd. and the Mettur Industrials Limited, laid these employees and though they were available for work, work was not given to them as there was no work to be given and consequently wages were not paid. These employees therefore preferred applications before the Additional Commissioner for Workmens Compensation for payment of wages during this period under S. 15(3), Payment of Wages Act 4 of 1936 praying that the necessary directions may be given to their employers to pay them the delayed wages.

The Additional Commissioner passed orders to the effect that the withholding of any portion of wages due for the wage period could not be brought under any of the permissible kinds of deductions mentioned in S. 7