IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.9563 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 27, 2011. State of Punjab and another .....Petitioners versus Harbans Singh and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.J.S.Puri, Additional AG, Punjab, for the petitioners. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner-State impugns the Awards passed under the Minimum Wages Act way back on 20.11.1998. It appears that the awards were passed ex-parte and it is only on receipt of the bailable warrants in the execution proceedings that the authorities have come up to challenge the same. The record reveals that at one point of time, the department through its representative did appear before the Authority and sought adjournment but thereafter no one came forward to contest the applications of the respondents. From the contents of the notice issued by the Executing Court dated 5.3.2010 (Annexure P-8), it further appears that the Executing Court CWP No.9563 of 2011 [2] has been making unsuccessful attempts to effect service upon the petitioner-authorities and even bailable warrants were issued. In these circumstances, it will be too far fetched to assume that the petitioner-department was not aware of the passing of the ex-parte award or initiation of execution proceedings. No case to interfere with the impugned awards by this Court at this belated stage is made out. Dismissed. However, the impugned awards being ex-parte shall not be taken as a binding precedent in the case of other employees, unless the entitlement is proved independently. May 27, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE