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  8uShri B. P. Hira Works vs Shri C. M. Pradhan Factual matrix The Court of Appeal dealt with a group of 174 appeals by special leave arising from several application made against B.P. Hira, Works Manager at the Central Railway Workshop and Factory in Parel, Bombay, under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, claiming overtime wages since 1948. The main judgment was delivered by the Payment of Wages Authority, Bombay, in the application filed by C.M. Pradhan, which gave rise to Civil Appeal No. 131 of 1957. The respondent claimed that he was entitled to overtime wages for work on Sundays when he was not given a holiday within three days prior to or three days subsequent to the Sundays on which he worked. The appellant conceded that the respondent had not been given a holiday within the three days prior to or the three days subsequent to the Sundays on which he worked as required by s. 52 of the Indian Factories Act. The respondent alleged that he was a worker within the meaning of s. 2, sub-