S is the occupier of a factory manufacturing two-wheeler locks and auto parts in Aligarh (U.P.). During the inspection of the factory, the Chief Inspector found that there was accumulated dirt and refuse on floors, stair

Section 11 of the Factories Act, 1948 ensures the cleanliness in the factory. It must be seen that a factory is kept clean and it is free from effluvia arising from any drain, privy or other nuisance. The Act has laid down following provisions in this respect: accumulation of dirt and refuse shall be removed daily by sweeping or by any other effective method from the floors and benches of workrooms and from staircases and passages, and disposed of in a suitable manner; the floor of every workroom shall be cleaned at least once in every week by washing, using disinfectant, where necessary, or by some other effective method; where a floor is liable to become wet in the course of any manufacturing process to such extent as is capable of being drained, effective means of drainage shall be provided and maintained; all inside walls and partitions, all ceilings or tops of rooms and all walls, sides and tops of passages and staircases shall where they are painted otherwise than with washable water-paint or varnished, be repainted or revarnished at least once in every period of five years; where they are painted with washable water-paint, be repainted with at least one coat of such paint at least once in every period of three years and washed at least once in every period of six months; where they are painted or varnished or where they have smooth impervious surfaces, be cleaned at least once in every period of fourteen months by such method as may be prescribed; in any other case, be kept whitewashed, or colour washed, and the whitewashing or colour washing shall be carried out at least once in every period of fourteen months; all doors and window frames and other wooden or metallic framework and shutters shall be kept painted or varnished and the painting or varnishing shall be carried out at least once in every period of five years; the dates on which the processes required by clause (d) are carried out shall be entered in the prescribed register. (2) If, in view of the nature of the operations carried on in a factory or class or description of factories or any part of a factory or class or description of factories, it is not possible for the occupier to comply with all or any of the provisions of subsection (1), the State Government may by order exempt such factory or class or description of factories or part from any of the provisions of that sub-section and specify alternative methods for keeping the factory in a clean state. S should take aforesaid cleanliness measures under the Factories Act, 1948.