SALORA INTERNATIONAL LTD. Vs. PRESCRIBED AUTHORITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Sri Shakti Swarup Nigam, teamed Counsel for the petitioner and Sri D.P. Singh learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Mangal Rai for respondent No. 2.

(2.) The respondent employee was transferred on 30.6.2006 from M/s. Salora International Ltd., B-52, NOIDA, Phase-II, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh to sister Unit M/s. Salora Components Pvt. Ltd. E-7-8, Electronic Estate, G.I.D.C., Sector-26, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat on the post of Driver. Instead of joining at the transferred place, the employee filed two claim petitions before the Prescribed Authority under the Payment of Wages Act at NOIDA, Gautam Budh Nagar, for payment of wages for the period of 1st July, 2006 to 31st July, 2006 and 1st August 2006 to 31st August, 2006. The claim petitions were registered as P.W.A. No. 804 of 2006 and P.W.A. No. 977 of 2006.

(3.) A preliminary objection has been raised by the petitioner with regard to the maintainability of the claim petitions. It was stated that the Prescribed Authority sitting at NOIDA had no jurisdiction to entertain the claim of the respondent employee.