2. Amendment of section 31DD of Chapter 131

Section 31DD of the Industrial Disputes Act

(Chapter 131) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after subsection (1) of that section of the following new subsections:–

“(1A) Where an employer who is dissatisfied with a final order of a High Court established under Article 154P of the Constitution which is in favour of a workman on an apeal made by such workman against any order of a tribunal, appeals to the Supreme Court against such order, he shall furnish to the President of such tribunal, a security in cash, where the order which is the subject of such appeal directs–

only the payment of a sum of money to the workman of an amount equal to such sum;

both the payment of a sum of money to the workman and re-instatement of such worker, of an amount equal to such sum and twelve times the monthly salary or wages of such workman at the time his services were terminated.

Every appeal preferred under subsection (1A), shall be supported by a certificate under the hand of the

The President of every Tribunal shall cause all moneys furnished as security under subsection (1A)