Pudukkottai Co-Operative Press Limited v. The Joint Commissioner Of Labor / Authority

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 13.12.2023

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR and W.M.P.(MD)Nos.25285 and 25286 of 2023 Pudukkottai Co-operative Press Limited, represented by its Managing Director/Administrator, S.Sangeetha, Pudukottai-622 004.

... Petitioner vs.

1.The Joint Commissioner of Labour/ Authority, Under the Payment of Wages Act 2nd Floor, Sengulam Colony Mannarpuram, Trichy.

2.The Pudukottai Printing Co-operative Employees Union, Pudukkottai.

... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records of the impugned order in PWP No.06/2017 dated 11.08.2023 on the file of the 1st respondent and quash the same as illegal. For Petitioner :Mr.G.Prabhu Rajadurai For R1 :Mr.J.Ashok Additional Government Pleader ***** 1/4

O R D E R

The present Writ Petition has been filed by the Managing Director of a Cooperative Press challenging the order passed by the Joint Commissioner of Labour under the Payment of Wages Act, in PWP No. 06/2017 dated 11.08.2023.

2.As against the impugned order, a statutory appeal lies before the District Court under Section 17 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936. In view of availability of effective alternative remedy, this Writ Petition is not maintainable and the same is dismissed with liberty to approach the competent Court. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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To The Joint Commissioner of Labour/ Authority, Under the Payment of Wages Act 2nd Floor, Sengulam Colony Mannarpuram, Trichy.

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R.VIJAYAKUMAR, J.

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