After the bifurcation of the bigger bilingual State, the Act was adopted by the State of Gujarat in the year 1960. The Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953 ('the Act,' for short) was enacted by the then State of Bombay with an object to provide for the constitution of a Fund for financing, promoting and conducting labour welfare activities and for certain other objects. The plaintiffs filed suit for declaration and injunction to the effect that certain provisions of the Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953 (as adopted and applied by the State of Gujarat) and certain provisions of the Rules framed thereunder are illegal and void and the notice issued by the Labour Welfare Commissioner calling upon them to pay the amount of unpaid accumulation be also declared illegal and void, and further prayed that the defendants be restrained from enforcing the notice of demand by issuing permanent injunction. The next question is, whether this subject matter of the suit is susceptible to monetary evaluation ?Ģ. In all these revision applications, the question that arises is as to what is the nature of the suit filed by the petitioners original plaintiffs and under which provision of the Court-fees Act, the amount of Court-Fees is chargeable ? Shortly stated, a pure and simple question of fact arises and that is, read the plaint and reliefs claimed therein and find out what is the subject matter of the suit.
