Supreme Court of India

Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Rep. by its Chairman v. Tneb-thozhilalar Aykkiya Sangam by its General Secretary

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Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 13 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the impugned judgments of the High Court in W.A. No.497 of 2015 and W.A. No.1166 of 2015 dated 27.03.2015 and 21.08.2015 respectively are set aside and these appeals are allowed.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Labour Laws: Payment of Dearness Allowance – Settlement between the employer-Board and its workmen u/s. 18 of Industrial Disputes Act – As per one of the terms of settlement Dearness Allowance rates were to be revised twice in a year i.e. on 1st January and 1st July taking into account the variations in previous 12 months average of All India Consumer Price Index Numbers – Pursuant to the settlement, in the proceedings of the employer-Board it was decided that Dearness Allowance would be sanctioned to the employees of the Board as granted by the State Government to its employees at the same…

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