https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282445 A settled and continuous practice of permitting encashment of privilege leave can ripen into a binding condition of service, and the workmen were entitled to that benefit when the management could not justify withdrawing it. By contrast, sick leave and casual leave could not be granted beyond the mandatory ceiling of twelve days in a year under the Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954, because industrial adjudication cannot override a statutory limit on leave entitlement. The award was therefore sustained on privilege leave encashment but modified to conform to the statutory restriction on sick and casual leave. en-us Thu, 17 Mar 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:18:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282445 A settled and continuous practice of permitting encashment of privilege leave can ripen into a binding condition of service, and the workmen were entitled to that benefit when the management could not justify withdrawing it. By contrast, sick leave and casual leave could not be granted beyond the mandatory ceiling of twelve days in a year under the Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954, because industrial adjudication cannot override a statutory limit on leave entitlement. The award was therefore sustained on privilege leave encashment but modified to conform to the statutory restriction on sick and casual leave. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 17 Mar 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=282445