A.Lakshmanan v. The District Collector

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 16.04.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI And W.M.P.No.24967 of 2019 1.A.Lakshmanan 2.S.R.Ramaswamy 3.Hendry 4.M.Ramaswamy 5.D.Mani 6.M.K.Venkatachalam 7.R.Murugan 8.S.V.Rangaswamy 9.R.Selvaraj ... Petitioners Vs.

1.The District Collector, Coimbatore.

2.The Joint Commissioner of Labour, Coimbatore.

3.The Management of Vasantha Mills Limited Rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director 4.C.G.Holdings Private Limited Represented by its Managing Director 5.K.C.Palanisamy 1/5

6.O.R.E.Trust Represented by its Managing Director 7.N.Athappan 8.Cheran Enterprises Private Limited Represented by its Managing Director ... Respondents Prayer:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent herein to expeditiously take necessary action to recover the arrears of wages payable to the petitioners as per the common order of the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Coimbatore, the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Wages Act dated 28.09.1988 in P.W.Nos.52/87, 73/87 to 642/87 and 67/88 to 75/88 in accordance with law and further direct the first respondent to take necessary action to ensure expeditious payment of the arrears of wages due to the petitioners together with appropriate interest.

For Petitioners : Mr.V.Prakash Senior Counsel for M/s.Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan For Respondents : Mr.K.Surendran for R1 and R2 Additional Government Pleader Mr.T.Thiageswaran for R5 for M/s.Waraon & Sai Rams R3, R6 to R8 - No Appearance R4 - Not Ready Notice 2/5

O R D E R

The petitioners have filed this writ petition seeking issuance of Writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent herein to expeditiously take necessary action to recover the arrears of wages payable to the petitioners as per the common order of the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Coimbatore, the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Wages Act dated 28.09.1988 in P.W.Nos.52/87, 73/87 to 642/87 and 67/88 to 75/88 in accordance with law and further direct the first respondent to take necessary action to ensure expeditious payment of the arrears of wages due to the petitioners together with appropriate interest.

2.The learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that for implementation of the common order of the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Coimbatore, the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Wages Act dated 28.09.1988 in P.W.Nos.52/87, 73/87 to 642/87 and 67/88 to 75/88, the present writ petition has been filed. The learned Senior Counsel further submitted that the Joint Commissioner of Labour, Coimbatore has passed an order dated 05.04.2019 in Na.Ka.N Aa3/1734/2019 and prayed that this Court 3/5

may, without going into the merits of the case, grant liberty to the petitioners to challenge the order dated 05.04.2019 in the manner known to law.

3.In view of the above, this writ petition is dismissed. Liberty is granted to the petitioners to file appropriate application before the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Wages Act for execution of the common order dated 28.09.1988 in P.W.Nos.52/87, 73/87 to 642/87 and 67/88 to 75/88 or to work out the remedy in the manner known to law. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

16.04.2025 pri Index: Yes/ No Speaking Order: Yes/ No NCC: Yes/ No To 1.The District Collector, Coimbatore.

2.The Joint Commissioner of Labour, Coimbatore.

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M.DHANDAPANI,J.

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