IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 6028 of 2009 Between: 1 Union of India, rep by its General Manager, Eat Coast Railway, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubneswar 2 The Divisional Railway Manager (Personnel) Eat Coast Railway, Waltair. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) Vidyanagar, Hyderabad. 2 The Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central) Visakhapatnam. 3 B. Siva Sudhakar S/o. Gangannadham East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 4 B. Kiran Kumar S/o. Suryanarayana East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 5 N. Lakshmanana Rao S/o. Pola Rao East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 6 K. Chandrasekhar S/o. VIshnu East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 7 N. Nagaraju S/o. RamaSwamy East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 8 V. Rama Rao S/o. Narasinga Rao East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 9 D Satya Rao S/o. Venkata Narasimha East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 10 S. Rama Rao S/o. Late Chinnodu East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 11 G. Bala Raju S/o. Appanna East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 12 A. Hagannadham S/o. Rama Rao East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 13 P. Johan Francis S/o. John Jackraiah East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 14 R. Kanna Rao S/o. Late Appa Rao East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 15 P. Siva Prasad S/o.Narayana East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 16 R. Jagadeswara Rao S/o. Appalanarasimhulu East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 17 The Chairman, D.R.M. Office Staff Canteen East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 18 The President, D.R.M. Office Staff Canteen East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. 19 The Secretary/Manager, D.R.M. Office Staff Canteen East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam. ..RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.R.S.MURTHY Counsel for respondents 1 and 2: MS.T.BALA JAYASREE, STANDING COUNSEL FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Counsel for respondents 3 to 5, 9, 10 and 12 to 15: MR THIPPARTHI VENKAT REDDY The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Certiorari to quash order dated 03-12-2008 in Case No.1 of 2007 on the file of respondent No.1. Heard Sri R.S.Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioners, Ms.T.Bala Jayasree, learned Standing Counsel for Central Government, appearing for respondents 1 and 2, Sri Thipparthi Venkat Reddy, learned counsel for respondents 3 to 5, 9, 10 and 12 to 15, and perused the record. By the impugned order, respondent No.1 directed the petitioners to pay wages in accordance with the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (for short “the Act”). Under Section 17 of the Act, against the impugned order, the petitioners have a right of appeal to the Civil Court referred to therein. As the petitioners did not make out any case to bypass this efficacious remedy of statutory appeal before the Civil Court, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition and adjudicate the same on merits. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to file an appeal before the Civil Court having jurisdiction to entertain the same. If such appeal is filed within four (4) weeks from today, the Civil Court shall entertain the same, without raising any objection on the limitation. Since the learned Standing Counsel pleaded that there is an imminent threat of execution of the order of respondent No.1, there shall be stay of execution for a period of six (6) weeks from today. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP No.7884 of 2009 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 9th April, 2009 vrn