As per Sec 5 (b) of the TN Indl Estts (N & FH) Act 1958 - ' where an employee works on any holiday allowed under Sec 3, he shall, at his option, be entitled to (i) twice the wages or (ii) wages for such day and to avail himself of a substituted holiday with wages on one of the three days immediately before or after the day on which he so works '. In other words, we need not pay holiday wages and double the wages, because question of paying double wages will arise only if the worker works for more than nine hours in any day or more than forty eight hours in that week under Sec 59 of the Factories Act 1948. Regards.
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