1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No.2454 of 2011 (The Executive Engineer, PWD, and another v. Shri Jainarayan s/o Ramavatar Sahu) Office Notes, Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders and Registrar's order Shri J.B. Jaiswal, AGP for Petitioners. Shri B.M. Khan, Advocate for Respondent. Coram : R.K. Deshpande, J. Dated : 22 nd November, 2011 Shri Jaiswal, the learned AGP appearing for the petitioners, seeks leave to add “The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Nagpur, as party-respondent in this petition. Leave granted. Necessary amendment be carried out forthwith. This petition challenges the order dated 25-1-2010 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, 3 rd Labour Court, Nagpur, in Application (IDA) No.69 of 1996. By this order, the petitioners are directed to pay an amount of Rs.6,840/- to the applicant, the respondent herein. The Labour Court has held that the respondent-employee was entitled to washing and dressing allowances in terms of the Government Resolution dated 1-9-1982. The further finding is recorded that such amount is not paid and hence the direction was sought. 2 The payment, which is directed to be made as to the washing and dressing allowances about which there is no dispute, the same is covered by the definition of “wages” under Section 2(vi) of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and the Industrial Court was competent to determine the entitlement of the respondent-employee for such wages under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The same has been done. Therefore, no fault can be found with the view taken by the Industrial Court. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. Judge pdl