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PETITIONER: SHRI AMBICA MILLS CO., LTD.
Vs.
RESPONDENT: SHRI S. B. BHATT AND ANOTHER
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/12/1960
BENCH: GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. BENCH: GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B. WANCHOO, K.N. GUPTA, K.C. DAS
CITATION: 1961 AIR 970 1961 SCR (3) 220 CITATOR INFO : RF 1963 SC1626 (7) R 1964 SC 743 (21) RF 1969 SC 590 (9)
ACT: Wages, Payment of-Jurisdiction of Authority-Scope and extent-High Court’s power to issue writ--Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936), ss. 15, 16-Constitution of India, Arts. 226 and 227.
HEADNOTE: An award, called the Standardisation Award, fixing the wages for different categories of workers in the textile mills at Ahmedabad was made by the Industrial Tribunal. The wages of clerks were, however, settled by a subsequent agreement bet- ween the Ahmedabad Mill Owners’ Association and the Textile 221 Labour Association. Clauses 2 and 5 of the said agreement were as follows,- " 2. That this agreement shall apply to all the Clerks employed in the local mills, i. e., persons doing clerical work, that is those who do routine work of writing, copying or making calculations and shall also include compounders and assistant compounders who are qualified and who are employed in the local mills. 5. A separate scale for those of the employees who occupy the position lower than that of a full fledged Clerk but highe...