CWP 3754 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 3754 of 2009 Date of Decision: March 10, 2009 Jagjeevan Parshad ...... Petitioner Versus Authority under Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Rewari Circle andanother ........ Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Tewari Present: Mr.S.S.Khurana, Advocate for the petitioner. **** 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? Ajay Tewari, J. This petition has been filed challenging the order of the prescribed authority under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 rejecting the application of the petitioner under Section 20(2) of the said Act. The petitioner had claimed that he was being paid less wages than those specified by the Government. In reply the stand taken was that in fact the petitioner was a part time employee and had also been given residence in the school premises and thus was not entitled to full time minimum wages under the Act. On appreciation of the facts and the evidence the authority held that the petitioner has not been able to CWP 3754 of 2009 2 substantiate his claim of being full time employee. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the authority has not considered the evidence of respondent No.2's witnesses in their correct perspective and has read out portions of the evidence of the said witnesses. I, however, find that the evidence which has been led in the case cannot be stated to have been appreciated in a perverse manner. In the circumstances it would not be possible for the writ Court to interfere with these findings of fact. Consequently this writ petition is dismissed. No costs. (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE March 10, 2009 sunita