The respondents, therefore, claimed the difference of what was paid to them and what were legally payable to them under the Act by the appellants.
Heard Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, learned senior companynsel for the appellants and Mr. Binay Kumar Das, learned companynsel for the respondents.
By impugned order, the High Court dismissed the writ petitions and affirmed the order of the Specified Authority giving rise to filing of the present appeals by way of special leave in this Court.
Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by ANITA MALHOTRA Date 2019.02.19 170941 IST Reason A few facts need mention infra for the disposal of these appeals which involve a short point.
3126, 3128, 3129, 3130, 3132, 31333145, 31483151 and 31533161 of 2007 whereby the High Court dismissed the writ petitions filed by the appellants herein.
The appellant No.1 is the Union of India Commander, Western Base Workshop, General Reserve Engineers Force at Pathankot and respondent No.2 is its official Chief Engineer Project , Sampark, O. Gangyal, Jammu whereas the respondents are the workers.
According to the respondents, each worker was, therefore, entitled to claim a sum of Rs.49,804/ from the appellants being the difference in the wages.
In other words, their grievance was that the appellants did number pay to them the minimum wages prescribed under the Act to which they were legally entitled but were paid less than the minimum wages.
By order dated 01.11.2006 AnnexureP2 , the Specified Authority allowed the applications and directed the appellants to pay to each respondent a sum of Rs.49,804/ towards the claim plus Rs.99,608/ towards the companypensation 200 of the claim Total Rs.1,49,412/. The appellants felt aggrieved and filed the writ petitions in the High Court of Punjab Haryana at Chandigarh out of which these appeals arise.
The respondents, who were the skilled workers, worked with the appellant No.1s workshop GREF at Pathankot for the period from 01.03.2001 to 30.06.2004.
Since the appellants did number pay the difference of amount claimed by each respondent, the respondents filed applications Claim Application No.552/2004 others companynected matters under Section 20 3 of the Act before the Specified Authority, Chandigarh.
The respondents, however, raised a grievance that during the said period, they were paid less wages than the minimum wages fixed for their category of employment under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 for short called, the Act and which were legally payable to them.
Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. These appeals are directed against the final judgment and order dated 01.03.2007 passed by the High Court of Punjab Haryana at Chandigarh in Writ Petition Nos.
