ROSHANLAL Vs. RAMLAL AND ANR.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner seeks to quash the order (Ex.2) dated November 4, 1981 of the Authority Under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (for short the Authority').

(2.) RESPONDENT No. 1 Ramlal submitted an application before the Authority under Section 15(2) of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (for short 'the Act' herein). He claimed Rs. 4200/ - as compensation amount, interest and costs. He sought direction under Sub -Section (3) of Section 15 of the Act. The application was contested by the petitioner on various grounds. An objection was raised in the reply to the effect that the Authority had got no jurisdiction to go into the question of crop share and to decide it and further that the dispute relating to that could only be adjudicated by a revenue court. By the order (Ex 2) dated November 2, 1981 direction for the payment of the sum of Rs. 14, 668.50p to respondent No. 1 was made. This amount consisted of the wages, overtime wages and costs. The petitioner has filed the writ petition as aforesaid for quashing the order (Ex.2) dated November 2, 1981.

(3.) A show cause notice was issued to the respondent. In pursuance of that, Mr. Bhagwati Prasad appeared on behalf of respondent No. 1.