IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC THURSDAY, THE 22ND JULY 2010 / 31ST ASHADHA 1932 WP(C).No. 22849 of 2010(E) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. KERALA STATE ELECTRONICS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (KELTRON), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESETNED BY THE SECRETARY, INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. KELTRON EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (CITU) REGISTRATION NO.25/76, 'MARX BHAVAN', NANDAVANAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 033, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY. 4. KELTRON EMPLOYEES UNION REGISTRATION NO.102/76, T.C.NO.14/451, NANDAVANAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 033, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY. 5. KELTRON EMPLOYEES ORGANISATION, REGISTRATION NO.8/79, AMBADI, KELTRON JUNCTION, KARAKULAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY. BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. ARAVINDHKUMAR BABU SC SRI. M. GOPALAKRISHNAN NAMBIAR THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. -------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) NO.22849 OF 2010(E) -------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 22nd day of July, 2010 J U D G M E N T Petitioners are employees in the workmen category. In this writ petition their grievance is that in the matter of payment of dearness allowance they are discriminated as compared to those in the executive category. It is stated that either representations were rejected and that the anomaly was not rectified even during the subsequent pay revisions. It is with this grievance that the writ petition is filed. 2. Admittedly the petitioners are workmen as defined under the Industrial Disputes Act. Their claim is for parity in Dearness allowance with that of the employees in executive category. It is a matter which the petitioners have to raise by way of an Industrial Dispute before the Industrial Tribunal or before the Labour Court constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act. Writ petition fails and is dismissed. (ANTONY DOMINIC) JUDGE vi/ WPC.No. /09 :2 :