The Zilla Praja Parishad v. R.Venkataiah

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K.JAISWAL WRIT PETITION No.11054 of 2016 Date:07.4.2016 Between:

The Zilla Praja Parishad, reptd by its Chief Executive Officer, Nalgonda.

....Petitioner And:

R.Venkataiah, S/o Narsaiah and 27 others.

.....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Mr. G.Narender Reddy Counsel Respondent Nos.21 to 26: GP for Services (TS) The Court made the following:

ORDER: (per Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy) This Writ Petition is filed for a Certiorari to quash order, dated 06.11.2015, in Original Application No.5953 of 2015 on the file of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (for short 'the Tribunal'). We have heard Mr. G.Narender Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the petitioner, and perused the record.

Respondent Nos.11 to 20, who are working as parttime workers, filed the above-mentioned O.A. claiming payment of minimum wages under the Andhra Pradesh Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and the Andhra Pradesh Minimum Wages Rules, 1960. By the impugned order, the Tribunal has disposed of the said O.A. by observing that it was conceded by the learned counsel for the applicants that the said O.A. was covered by order, dated 11.12.2002, in O.A.No.11076 of 2002, which was

confirmed by order, dated 13.11.2009, in Writ Petition No.1045 of 2007.

At the hearing, Mr. G.Narender Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the facts in O.A.No.5953 of 2015 do not bear similarity with that in O.A.No.11076 of 2002 and that, therefore, the Tribunal has erroneously disposed of O.A.No.5953 of 2015 based on the orders passed in the said O.A. He has further submitted that as O.A.No.5953 of 2015 was disposed of at the admission stage, there was no opportunity for the petitioner to file a counter-affidavit. A perusal of the impugned order shows that the learned counsel for the petitioners has conceded that O.A.No.5953 of 2015 is covered by the order, dated 11.12.2002, in O.A.No.11076 of 2002. An order based on concession, therefore, cannot be allowed to be questioned. However, if the concession was wrongly made either due to inadvertence or by mistake of fact, the party shall always be entitled to seek review of the order.

In this view of the matter, the petitioner is permitted to file a Review Petition before the Tribunal within one month from today. If such a Review Petition is filed, the Tribunal shall entertain the same without raising an objection to the limitation and dispose of the same on merits after notice to respondent Nos.11 to 20. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.13935 of 2016 is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY ___________________ JUSTICE M.S.K.JAISWAL 07th April, 2016 DR