IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION Nos.18952 and 28525 of 2010 BETWEEN Mahabubnagar District Palamoori Migrant Labour Union. ... PETITIONER AND The State of AP, rep. by its District Collector, Guntur District and others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. P. SHAHSI KIRAN Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MUNICIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEVELOPMENT GP FOR LABOUR The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: The Mahabubnagar District Palamoori Migrant Labour Union is the petitioner in both these writ petitions. 2. The petitioner – union is aggrieved that the Commissioner, Bapatla Municipality; the Superintending Engineer and the Executive Engineer, PH & Municipal Engineering Department Division, Guntur District – respondents 2, 3 and 4 are not paying the wages to it’s members, who were engaged as labourers by the sixth respondent – Ratna Infrastructures Projects Private Limited. 3. This Court, taking note of the fact that the sixth respondent was alleged to have extracted work from more than 200 manual labourers belonging to the petitioner – union from 01.11.2009, directed respondents 1, 2 and 3 not to disburse any amount to the sixth respondent for the work executed by it. 4. Respondent No.6 filed WVMP.Nos.5563 and 5564 of 2010 in the writ petitions to vacate the above order. 5. Sri. T.V. Kalyan Singh, learned counsel appearing for the sixth respondent/vacate stay petitioner, stated that the dues towards the members of the petitioner – union would be about Rs.1,07,32,360/-. He submitted that his client has no objection to the deduction of the said amount from it’s dues and payment thereof. 6. Sri. P. Shashi Kiran, learned counsel for the petitioner, stated that in the event the entire amount is released to the sixth respondent, the members of the petitioner – union would be hard put to realize their dues. 7. In that view of the matter, there shall be a direction to respondents 1 to 4 to deduct the dues payable to the members of the petitioner – union from the amounts due and payable to the sixth respondent, in the first instance. After deducting the amount so due, the balance amount may be remitted to the sixth respondent as per eligibility. Respondents 2, 3 and 4 shall ensure the payment of the admitted wages due and payable to the members of the petitioner – union as per the details furnished in the counter affidavit filed by the sixth respondent in support of the vacate stay petitions within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petitions are accordingly disposed of with the above directions. In the light of the final orders passed, no further orders are required to be passed in the miscellaneous petitions and vacate petitions, which are accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ SANJAY KUMAR, J December 14, 2010 Note: Furnish C.C. of the order by 16.12.2010 (B/o) DSK