IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 19585 of 2000 Between: G.V.K.Raju Plot No.1098, Road No. 36, Jubilee Hills , Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Secretary Incharge Labour , The Union of India Shrama Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi 2 Secretary Incharge Labour , The State of AP Secretariat, Hyderabad 3 The Director of Factories, Govt of AP., Ashoknagar, Hyderabad-20.....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to declare that the section 66 1(b) of the Factories, Act . 1948 (Act . LXIII of 1948, Central Act) as ultravires, arbitrary, discriminatory and unconstitutional and there by to quash and set aside the same by issuing a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction as the Hon'ble court may deem fit ana proper in the circumstances of the case and to allow the WP with costs. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.NAGESWAR SREE Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR FINANCE & PLANNING The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 19585 of 2000 ORAL ORDER: (PER BPR,J) Heard both sides. The question raised in the present writ petition with regard to the validity of Section 66 1 (b) of the Factories Act, 1948, is no longer res-integra and is covered by the orders of the division bench of this Court in K.S. Triveni and others Vs. Union of India and others [1], wherein the writ petition was allowed holding that the said provision is violative of Article 14 and 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution of India and quashed the same. Following the same, the present writ petition is allowed in terms thereof. No costs. _______________ B.PRAKASH RAO,J _________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD,J DATE:22.10.2009 tvk THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 19585 of 2000 Date:22.10.2009 [1] 2002 Suppl. (1) ALD 669 (DB)