IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 24608 of 1999 Between: M/s. Suryalata Spinning Mills Ltd Rep. by its Jt. Managing Director Sri M.K. Agarwal. 1st Floor, Surya Towers 105, SP Road, Secunderabad - 500 003. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Union of India Rep. by its Secretary, Incharge Labour Shramashakti Bhawan, New Delhi. 2 The State of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Secretary, Incharge Labour, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The Director of Factories Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad. .....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 Sec.66 1(b) of the Factories Act, 1948 (Act.XL III of 1948, Central Act) as ultravires, arbitrary, discriminatiry and unconstitutional and thereby by issuing a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction as the Hon'ble Court may deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case and to allow the Writ Petition with costs. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.NAGESWAR SREE Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. NO.24608 of 1999 ORDER : ( Per HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED ) It is represented by the learned counsel for both the parties that the issue involved in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by the decision of the Division Bench of this Court reported in TRIVENI K.S. v. U.O.L ( (1) 2002-III LLJ 320). Following the judgment in TRIVENI K.S.’s case ( 1 supra ), and for the reasons given therein, this Writ Petition is also disposed of in term of the said judgment. No costs. ______________ GM, J ______________ CVR, J 21-7-2008/ KK