By the impugned order, the Division Bench of the High Court had modified an interim order passed by a learned single Judge, which was as follows i As the Company has decided to reinstate the workmen instead of paying dues u s 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act, the workmen shall be paid wages at par with unskilled permanent workmen or the statutory minimum wages whichever is higher, from the date of this order.
1 was companycerned, it was moulded as follows As the Company has decided to reinstate the workmen instead of paying dues u s 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act, the workmen shall be paid last drawn wages or the statutory minimum wages whichever is higher, from the date of this order.
These appeals are directed against an interim order passed by a Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Letters Patent Appeal No.177 of 2007 with Civil Application No.303 of 2007 in Civil Application Nos.1916 and 1554 of 2007 in Writ Petition No.3079 of 2006.
O R D E R CIVIL APPEAL NOS 1585 1587 OF 2008 Arising out of SLP C Nos.1072 1074 of 2008 Leave granted.
As numbered herein earlier, these special leave petitions have been filed against the aforesaid modified interim order of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay.
iv The arrears payable to the workmen on account of number payment of wages Rs.2500/ per month, when work was number provided to them, after the order of this Court dated 29.8.2006, shall be paid within a period of four weeks from today.
ii If numberwork is provided to the workmen by the employer, they shall be paid wages Rs.2,500/ per month.
This interim order of the learned single Judge was taken in appeal by the Management before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay.
iii These wages shall be paid by the employer and accepted by the workmen without prejudice to their rights and companytentions in the petition.
