THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition Nos. 12114 of 2000 & 12691 of 2001 10-06-2010 Writ Petition No. 12114 of 2000 Between: M/s. Suryalakshmi Cotton Mills Limited, Secunderabad. ……….Petitioner And The Union of India, rep. by its Secretary, incharge Labour, Shramashakti Bhavan, New Delhi and two others. ………Respondents Writ Petition No.12691 of 2001 Between: M/s. Dart Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi and others. ……….Petitioner And The Union of India, rep. by its Secretary, incharge Labour, Shramashakti Bhavan, New Delhi and two others. ………Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI Writ Petition Nos. 12114 of 2000 & 12691 of 2001 COMMON ORDER : (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Goda Raghuram) The validity of Section 66 (1) (b) of the Factories Act, 1948 which enjoins that no woman shall be required or allowed to work in any factory within the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. and its proviso to the effect that the State Government by notification in the final gazette, in respect of any factory or group or class or description of factories may vary the limits laid down in clause (b), but so that no variation shall authorize the employment of any woman between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am is challenged in this writ petition. A learned Division Bench of this Court by the order dated 02-11-2001 in W.P.No.21610 of 1999, has declared invalid and struck down Section 66 (1) (b) of the Factories Act, 1948. In the circumstances, the grievance in both the writ petitions does not survive for adjudication. Accordingly, both the writ petitions are dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM Dated: 10-06-2010 ________________________ JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI KVR