GUMAN MAL LODHA. J,-An important question of law has been raised in this appeal by the learned counsel Mr. Gupta for the E.S.I. The question is whether L.I.C. premium subsidee given to workmen by the management is to be included for the purpose of computation of wages in respect of the contribution to the Employees State Insurance fund. 2. The Tribunal has come to the conclusion that it is not wages and therefore no contribution is required to be paid by the employer of the employee. 3. In this appeal it has been argued that this is an additional remuneration within the meaning of section-2 sub-section (22) of the E. S. f. Act and this amount is wages. Reliance is placed on the judgment of the Honble Supreme Court 1984 Lab. I. C. 1570. 4. Mr. Sharma learned counsel for the management of Shri Ram Chemicals on the contrary seriously contests the correctness of the submission of Mr. Gupta. According to him this is a unilateral payment depending upon the discretion of the management and may be paid; or may not be paid; with express understanding that it would not be treated as wages for the purposes of contribution to the E. S. I. or any other. Mr. Sharma pointed out that the judgment of Honble Supreme Court in Braitwait Case (1968 S.C. 416) still holds the field and that being so it covers the entire definition of wages including the part in which additional remuneration has been mentioned. 5. According to Mr. Sharma once the payment is discretionary and unilateral, it cannot form the part of wages more so because it would never go in the hands of the employees or the workman, and the workman is also required to make payment of his part of contribution which he would never be able to do because it would never go in his hand. 6. I have given a very serious and thoughtful consideration to the rival contentions of the learned counsel for the parties and issues involved in it. 7. 6. I have given a very serious and thoughtful consideration to the rival contentions of the learned counsel for the parties and issues involved in it. 7. Section 2 sub-section (22) defines wages and reads as under : "Wages means all remuneration paid or payable in cash to an employee in terms of contract of employment express or implied, were fulfilled and includes (any payment to an employee in respect of any period of authorised leave, lock out, strike which is not illegal lay off hands) other additional remuneration if any paid at interregnum not exceeding two months not includes. Mr. Guptas emphasis is on additional remuneration. Mr. Guptas submission is that by the latest judgment of the Honble Supreme Court it has been clarified that the earlier judgment would not apply to this clause of additional remuneration and the earlier judgment was only meant for the definition of wages in the first part and not in the third part Mr. Guptas argument is that it is immaterial whether the wages or any amount in the form of wages goes in the hands of the employees workman or not because it may be paid or may be payable. 8. Now the earlier judgment of the Honble Supreme Court in what is popularly known as Braitwaits case may be first notices. In AIR 1968 S. C. 413, the Honble Judges of the Supreme Court were required to consider whether Inam scheme is wages. It was not amongst the original terms of the contract of the employment of the employees of the company. In those terms there was no offer of any reward or prize to be paid for any work done by the employee. The only offer under scheme was to make incentive payments to certain specified conditions were to be fulfilled by the employees and the company reserved the right to withdraw the scheme altogether without assigning any reason or to revise its conditions at its sole discretion. The payment of Inam was dependent upon the employees exceeding the target of output appropriately applicable to them. But though primarily the right to receive the Inam dependent on the efficient working of the employee, there was another clause which laid down that if the targets were not fulfilled due to lack of order, lack of material, break down of machinery, lack of labour strike, lock out. But though primarily the right to receive the Inam dependent on the efficient working of the employee, there was another clause which laid down that if the targets were not fulfilled due to lack of order, lack of material, break down of machinery, lack of labour strike, lock out. go slow or any other reason whatsoever no inam was to be awarded. The company also laid down that if any deterioration of workmanship was noticed on the part of the employees in order to achieve the target prescribed for achieving the Inams the schemes could be abandoned forthwith. It was also made clear that the payment of reward was no where connected with part of wages. 9. Their Lordships held that the payment of Inam though remuneration could not be said to have become a term of contract of employment within the meaning of definition of wages given in sub-section (22) of section 2. It appears that in that case the High Court relied upon legal fiction by extending section 14 explanation to the definition of wages for the purpose of considering the nature of Inam under the scheme. The Honble Judges of the Supreme Court took exception to it and observed that the explanation to section 41 is not to be utilised for interpretation of general definition of wages given in sub-section (22) of section 2 of the Act and is to be taken into account only when the word wages requires interpretation of section 41 of the Act. The emphasis in that case was on part of contract of employment." The Honble Supreme Court considered it from the point of offer and acceptance by the employees as a condition of service. It was held it was never in implied terms of the contract or employment of the employees of the appellant. In the later case AIR 1984 S. C. 160 M/s. Harihar Polyfibre Vs. Regional Director E. S. T. Corporation, wages were again considered for the purposes of House rent allowance, chief guest and incentive allowances etc. 10. Their Lordships observed that the term wages would include all of them under section (22) because it includes remuneration paid or payable under the terms of contract of the employment express or implied but further extent to other additional remuneration if any paid at the interval of not exceeding two months, so also terms of employment. 11. 10. Their Lordships observed that the term wages would include all of them under section (22) because it includes remuneration paid or payable under the terms of contract of the employment express or implied but further extent to other additional remuneration if any paid at the interval of not exceeding two months, so also terms of employment. 11. On a very serious and thoughtful consideration of the principles laid down in the two judgment of the Apex court I am persuaded to accept the contentions that in Harihar Polyfibres case (supra) the Honble Judges of the Supreme Court distinguished and emphasised the two parts of the terms wages, the first part being emphasised by contract of employment express or implied. The Honble Judges held that the legislature had not stopped there but it has extended to "additional remuneration" which may be outside the terms of employment. Their Lordships emphasised the interposition of the clause and include any payment to an employee in respect of any period of authorised leave, lock out, strike which is not illegal or lay off between the first clause, "all remuneration paid or payable in cash to an employee in terms of the contract of employment express or implied" was fulfilled and the third clause" other additional remuneration if any paid at the interval not exceeding two months" and then observed that this makes it abundantly clear that while remuneration under the first clause has to be under a contract of employment express or implied; remuneration under third clause need not be under the contract of employment, but may be any additional remuneration outside the contract of employment. 12. I am considering a case where the question of payment of Life Insurance Corporation premium subsidee is patently outside the terms of contract of employment express or implied and therefore in that clause it can never come. 12. I am considering a case where the question of payment of Life Insurance Corporation premium subsidee is patently outside the terms of contract of employment express or implied and therefore in that clause it can never come. However, since the Honble Supreme Court by this latest judgment in M/s Hari-har Polyfibre (supra) enlarged implying increased and extended the dimension and horizons of this term wages by mentioning that the third clause neednot be under the contract of employment but may be any other remuneration outside the term of contract of employment and then giving the examples of house rent allowances, night trip allowance, incentive allowance, heat ges and dust allowance and holding that they are all wages, it is obvious that the subsidee given for Life Insurance Premium should also cover and come in this clause. 13. Obviously, this additional remuneration is not in one of the exception mentioned in sub-clause (22). 14. Their Lordships expressed their respectful agreement with the judgment of the Full Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and dissented from the judgment of Calcutta High Court in para 5 of the above judgment, in the matter of house rent allowance. The Andhra Pradesh High Court considering the matter in Full Bench, (AIR 1978 And. 18) held that the incentive bonus paid to an employee which was not in terms of remuneration, in terms of contract of employment express or implied will within the third part of the definition of wages, i. e., additional remuneration if any paid at the interval of not exceeding two months. 15. The Full Bench said in para 19 that the word other appearing at the commencement of the third part of the definition of wages under section 2 subsection (22) indicate that it must not be remuneration which is referred to in the earlier part of the definition, i.e., all remuneration paid or payable in cash to the employee in terms of contract of employment express or implied are fulfilled as incentive bonus in the present scheme is certainly additional remuneration. It must be emphasised that at this stage a another third part of the definition of wages, is actual factum of payment which counts because the words used if paid is distinguished from paid or payable. It must be emphasised that at this stage a another third part of the definition of wages, is actual factum of payment which counts because the words used if paid is distinguished from paid or payable. The moment if he get an additional remuneration other than the remuneration payable under the contract of employment and if additional remuneration is paid at the interval of not exceeding two months it becomes by virtue of the third part of definition of wages. The Andhra Pradesh then referred to Calcutta High Court Judgment in Pottery Limited (1973 Lab. I. C. 1328) where it was held that the additional remuneration sought to be included by the expression and includes other additional remuneration must be remuneration which though no part of the wages could be paid as part of the terms of the contract of employment. The Full Bench did not agree with it. The Supreme Court agreed with the Andhra Pradesh. 16. In para 11 Justice Amrendra Nath, in concurring judgment observed as under : "I entirely agree with my learned brother that on a proper interpretation of the term wages the legislature intended it manifestly clear that the term wages as used in the Act will include House rent allowances night shift allowance and incentive allowances." The definition to my mind on its plain reading is clear and unambiguous. Even if any ambiguity have been suggested the Expression must be given a liberal interpretation beneficial to the interest of the employees for whose benefits the Employees State Insurance Act has been passed." I have, therefore, no hesitation in holding that the beneficial interpretation for the employees would be to include L.I.C. premium subsidee this in term wages. 17. Consequently, the appeal is accepted. The E.S.I. contribution for the amount of L.I.C. premium subsidee would be chargeable or would be required to be included in "wages" for the purposes of contribution to the E.S.I. 18. The parties would bear their own costs. The ESI would now consider the amount after calculation and computation for the purpose of contribution to the ESI by the employer in this case and for that purposes the case is remanded to the ESI Court.