IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Rev. No. 656 of 1990 Date of Decision: April 16,2009 Municipal Committee, Sangrur, through its Executive Officer ...................................................Petitioner Versus Ram Bilas and others ................................................ Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Kumar Garg, Advocate for Mr. Amarjit Markan, Advocate for the respondents. ..... ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J. (Oral) The Municipal Committee, Sangrur, through its Executive Officer has filed this revision petition impugning the order dated 5.8.1987 passed by the Senior Sub Judge Sangrur, exercising the powers of Authority under the Payment of Wages Act, and the order dated 30.10.1989 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Sangrur, whereby the respondents were held entitled to receive cash in lieu of three National Holidays as well as four festival holidays namely, Baisakhi, Dussehra, Diwali and Guru Nanak Dev's Birthday. The respondents herein filed a petition under Section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act wherein it was prayed that directions be issued to the Municipal Committee, Sangrur, to pay an amount of Rs.6,870.40 which had [ 2 ] Civil Rev. No. 656 of 1990 been paid to them on account of three National Holidays and four festival holidays but the said amount had been deducted by the Committee. The Authority under the Payment of Wages Act held that as the petitioners (hereinafter referred to as the respondents) are the employees of Municipal Committee, Sangrur, therefore they were entitled to be paid remuneration for three National Holidays and four festival holidays, namely, Baisakhi, Dussehra, Diwali and Guru Nanak Dev's Birthday. This judgment was challenged by the Municipal Committee, Sangrur, by filing an appeal which was also dismissed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Sangrur, vide order dated 30.10.1989. Counsel for the respondents, who were working with the Municipal Committee, Sangrur, has stated that the payment had been made to them by the Municipal Committee. Apart from the above, a perusal of the impugned judgment shows that the respondents were not granted any other holiday or compensation in lieu of the National and festival holidays of seven days and were also not allowed any gazetted holiday except weekly rest days. Hence, these employees were entitled to receive wages for the national and festival holidays. I find no infirmity in the orders passed by the Authorities below and, accordingly,the revision petition is dismissed. 16.4.2009 ( ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA ) Rupi JUDGE