CAW/996/2010 : 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.996 OF 2010 IN WRIT PETITION NO.4313 OF 2009 Mangesh L. Gaikar .. Applicant V/s. Raptakos Brett & Co. Ltd., Raigad .. Respondents Mr. S.S. Pathak for the Applicant. Mr. P.N. Anaokar for the Respondents. CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED : 17 TH AUGUST, 2010. P.C.: 1. The Civil Application has been filed for wages under Section 17B of Industrial Disputes Act. This Civil Application is opposed by the Respondent- Company by filing an affidavit. The affiant Shri. Ravindra Shankar Gharat, the Senior Manager- Personnel & Administration of the Respondent- Company, has stated that the applicant continues to work as a “Daily Collector” and he is presently earning Rs.4,000/- to Rs.5,000/- per month. It is sought to be submitted that he continues to work in CAW/996/2010 : 2 : the same bank that he was working earlier as a “Daily Collector”, about which there is evidence on record. 2. In my opinion, no details have been given by the Respondent-Company as to whether the Applicant- workman is employed as a “Daily Collector” after the Writ Petition was admitted. In the affidavit filed by the Applicant-workman, he has admitted that during the pendency of the Reference before the trial Court, he was working as a “Daily Collector”, but thereafter he is unemployed. 3. In these circumstances, in my opinion, the Civil Application must be allowed. Accordingly, the Civil Application is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). 4. The Civil Application is disposed of accordingly.