IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1465 of 2007 (M/S) Narendra Thakur, S/o Sri Teetu Ram Haldhar, R/o Village Baikunt Pur, (Shakti Farm No.1), Post Shakti Farm, District Udham Singh Nagar. ……Petitioner Versus State of Uttaranchal and four others. …….Respondents. Mr. S.K. Mandal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, Addl. C.S.C. for the State-respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Mr. M.C. Pande, Advocate for the respondent Nos. 3 to 5. Dated:-04-06-2010 Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel of the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought following reliefs:- (I) Issue a writ, order or direction nature of mandamus directing the respondents No. 3 to 5 to pay entire amount of the wages with admissible interest to the petitioner. (II) Issue, a writ order or direction in the nature or mandamus directing the respondents to decide the application/representation dated 20-11-2000, (Annexure No. 1 and 2) to the writ petition. (III) Issue a suitable writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. (IV) Award the cost of the writ petition. Brief facts giving rise to the present writ petition are that according to the petitioner, the wages of the 115 labourer were not paid 2 by the U.P. Forest Corporation and the petitioner has also made an application on 18-11-2000 to the S.D.M. Kotdwar, District Garhwal stated therein that he had completed the work under the Forest Corporation but the wages had not been paid. According to the petitioner, he himself claimed to be a head labourer. On 23-07-2007, this Court by interim order directed the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner. Since it is a disputed question of fact whether the liability of the payment of wages is on the officer of the corporation or it is the liability of the corporation to pay the wages. The petitioner may avail appropriate remedy before appropriate forum. In writ jurisdiction no mandamus can be issued sought by the petitioner against the respondent Nos. 3 to 5 to pay the entire arrear of wages. With the said observation, the writ petition is disposed of accordingly. All pending applications stand disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma, J.) 04-06-2010 MK