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FIR filed against IT companies in OMR for not declaring holiday on polling day

         
     Tech mahindra, HCL , Wipro, Voltas ,First Source and Sudexo , the IT companies on OMR which did not declare holiday on April 24,2014 , the day of Lok Sabha election came under the scrutiny of Semmenchery police station on Sunday. All the six companies were filed FIR against non bailable offence.

                 Representation of People Act, Negotiable Instruments Act and Factories Act were violated according to the election commission, by not declaring a holiday on the voting day. Other companies on OMR had followed suite with the rule given by Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Kumar to declare a paid holiday on April 24.



References:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/firs-against-six-it-firms-for-working-on-poll-day/article5954013.ece
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/FIR-against-6-firms-for-working-on-polling-day/articleshow/34308913.cms
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