UNION OF INDIA Vs. KARANSINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BOTH these writ petitions involve common question of law and facts, as such they are disposed of by this common order.

(2.) FOR the convenient disposal of both these writ petition, the facts given in the case of S. B. Civil Writ Petition No. 2515/1988; Union of India & Ors. Vs. Karansingh & Anr. are taken into consideration.

(3.) THE Authority created under the Act is not a judicial court, but it is known as a quasi-judicial authority/court and it has the trappings of the court. A Division Bench of this Court has occasion to examine this issue as to whether the authority under the Act is a court or not so as to amenable to revisional jurisdiction of this Court. It has been held that the Authority created under the Act is not a court, but they are quasi-judicial authorities and they are not civil courts so as to be amenable to the revisional jurisdiction of this Court. In the case of Mewar Textile Mills Ltd. , Bhilwara v Girdharisingh and others (1) this court observed as under : - "the authority appointed by the State Government under S. 15 of the Payment of Wges Act is not a Civil Court and is not subject to the revisional jurisdiction of the High court under S. 15. "