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Factories Act (XXV of 1934)-------S.49-I---Payment of Wages Act (IV of 1936), S.15(2)---Working on festival holidays---Payment for---Employees who were required to work on all festival holidays occurring during disputed period, were not allowed substitute and compensatory pay for such festival holidays---Employees were entitled to payment of wages at twice the rate of 'ordinary pay for work performed by them on those festival holidays---Since employees had been paid only 50% of wages as extra compensation for their work on festival holidays, they were entitled to 150% of their wages in addition to their normal wages for festival holidays. JUDGMENT This judgment shall dispose of one hundred and seventy four (174) revision petitions bearing Nos. Lhr-604/1992-Punjab to Lhr-777/1992-Punjab filed by the Divisional Superintendent, Pakistan Railways, Lahore from the judgment of the Punjab Labour Court No. 2, Lahore dated 7th of September, 1992, whereby 174 appeals filed by him from the order passed by the Authority under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 on 31st of December, 1990 accepting the claim of the respondents partially, were dismissed. 2. The respondents who are 174 in number, are the employees of Pakistan Railways working in the Goods Sick Line, Lahore. On 23rd of May, 1987 they separately filed 174 applications under section 15(2) of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 claiming wages at twice the rate of ordinary pay for work performed on festival holidays during the years 1984 to 1986. 3. The petitioner contended the claim of the respondents contending that according to Award of the Central Industrial Court in the Industrial Dispute between N.W. Railway Union, United Union of N.W.R. Workers and the P.W.R. Administration published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary) on 11th of August, 1962 and accepted by-the West Pakistan Railway Board on 12th of September, 1962, they were entitled to 50% of their wages in addition to the wages due to them for working on festival holidays and were being paid accordingly. He also raised certain preliminary objections. The Authority framed the following issues:-- "(1) Whether the respondent is not the `paymaster' and the…

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