IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL No.613 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 18-06-2007 in W.P.No.21804 OF 2004 on the file of the High Court) Between: 1. Vadde Kishore, S/o. Venkateswra Rao R/o. Flat No. 45, 2nd lane, RTC. Colony, Patamata Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2. M/s. Venkateswara Road Transport rep by Vadde Kishore, Sagar Road, Macherla, Guntur District. ... APPELLANTS AND 1. Shaik Khasim S/o Gali Saheb 21st ward, Jauda Chette, Macherla, Guntur District. 2. The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Guntur District. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for Appellants: Mr. Kuritibhaskara Rao Counsel for Respondents: GP, LABOUR The Court made the following: Judgment: (Per R. Subhash Reddy, J) This writ appeal is filed by the petitioners in the writ petition aggrieved by the order of the learned single Judge dated 18-06-2007 passed in W.V.M.P.No.246 of 2005 in W.P.M.P.No.28584 of 2004 in W.P.No.21804 of 2004. 2. In the writ petition, the appellants had questioned the award passed by the Labour Court, Guntur, in I.D.No.53 of 2001. The Labour Court, in its award dated 03-07-2001, directed reinstatement of the respondent- applicant into service with full back wages and continuity of service. 3. At the stage of admission of the writ petition, the learned single Judge granted ad interim order staying the operation of the award of the Labour Court dated 03-07-2001 subject to payment of wages as contemplated under Section 17-B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (‘the Act’ for brevity). However, when an application was moved by the respondent-applicant to vacate the said interim order, mainly on the ground that the appellant-Management has not complied with the conditions imposed by this court in the order dated 03-07-2001, the ad interim order granted earlier was vacated. 4. When the matter came up before this court on 26-06-2008, this court directed the appellants to deposit arrears of wages payable under Section 17-B of the Act before the Registry. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the appellants that the appellants have deposited a sum of Rs.33,000/- with the Registry and the said aspect is verified and also confirmed by the learned counsel for the respondent-applicant. 5. Though it is argued by the learned counsel for the respondent- applicant that appellant-Management should have deposited the wages, calculating on the basis of the notification issued under the Minimum Wages Act, however, it is to be noted that, to comply the condition under Section 17-B of Act, appellant-Management was required to deposit the wages based on the last drawn wages of the employee. 6. As much as the appellant-Management has already deposited an amount of Rs.33,000/- towards arrears of wages payable under Section 17-B of the Act, we dispose of the writ appeal granting stay of the operation of the award of the Labour Court till the disposal of the writ petition, subject to the condition that the appellant-Management shall continue to deposit wages as contemplated under Section 17-B of the Act, before the Labour Court and the respondent-applicant is permitted to withdraw the same from time to time without furnishing any security. The amount deposited with the Registry is also permitted to be withdrawn by the respondent-applicant without furnishing any security. There shall be no order as to costs. 7. It is open for the learned counsel for the appellants-original petitioners to make a request before the learned single Judge, by an appropriate application, for expeditious disposal of the writ petition. ________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. July 11, 2008 GRR/MRR