On account of General Elections to Lok Sabha, 2024 and Bye-Election to 71-Secunderabad Cantt. (SC) Assembly Constituency, the Government of Telangana, in accordance with the provisions of Telangana Factories and Establishments (National, Festival and Other Holidays) Act, 1974, the Telangana Shops & Establishments Act, 1988 and *Section 135B of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951 has directed employers of Shops and Establishments, Factories and Industrial Undertakings/Establishments to grant paid holiday to their workers / employees on 13th May, 2024 (Monday) i.e., on the day of polling.
Source: Government of Telangana
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*135B. Grant of paid holiday to employees on the day of poll—
(1) Every person employed in any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment and entitled to vote at an election to the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of a State shall, on the day of poll, be granted a holiday.
(2) No deduction or abatement of the wages of any such person shall be made on account of a holiday having been granted in accordance with sub-section (1) and if such person is employed on the basis that he would not ordinarily receive wages for such a day, he shall nonetheless be paid for such day the wages he would have drawn had not a holiday been granted to him on that day.
(3) If an employer contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), then such employer shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
(4) This section shall not apply to any elector whose absence may cause danger or substantial loss in respect of the employment in which he is engaged.
