VINOD KUMAR GOYAL Vs. ADDITIONAL SESSION JUDGE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the impugned order dated 23rd March, 2012 passed by the Addl. Session Judge, No.1, Alwar enhancing the compensation payable for contravention of provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (the 'Act of 1936' for brevity) in respect of delayed payment of wages from 2,000/- to 10,000/- are wholly without jurisdiction and contrary to specific provision of Section 15(3) of the Act of 1936, which read thus:-

(2.) IT is submitted that in terms of the aforesaid section, the maximum compensation payable in respect of delayed payment of wages is Rs. 2,000/-. The submission therefore, is that the order dated 23rd March, 2012 is liable to quashed and set aside on the aforesaid ground only.

(3.) HAVING heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the petition including the impugned order, I am of the considered opinion that the impugned order dated 23rd March, 2012 deserves to be set aside and the matter remanded to the Additional Session Judge, No.1, Alwar for deciding the appeal afresh in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 1936. The appeal, consequent to this order of remand, be decided within a period of one month.