IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.15616 OF 2000 Between: Namana Parameswara Rao, s/o Gangaraju, Age 29 yrs, Occupation Business, R/o Tallapudi, Tallapudi Mandal, West Godavari District. ......petitioner AND Assistant Labour Officer, Kovvuru, West Godavari District. ......Respondent Counsel for the petitioner: P.Raj Kumar Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following:- ORDER: The petitioner, who is a proprietor of a saw mill, has filed this Writ Petition questioning the validity of Order, dated 23-05-2000, passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Eluru, in M.W.M.P.No.11 of 2000. The respondent-Assistant Labour Officer, Kovvuru, West Godavari District, has filed a claim petition alleging that the workers mentioned in the claim petition, were not being paid the minimum wages as per the orders of the Government notified in G.O.Ms.No.184, dated 26.12.1992. It appears that an ex parte order was passed on 26- 04-2000 allowing the claim petition filed by the respondent. Pleading that no proper opportunity was given to him, the petitioner herein has filed an application seeking to set aside the said order, but the Tribunal passed the impugned order directing him to deposit the difference of minimum wages of Rs.25,969/- in view of the order passed by this Court in W.P.No.23700 of 1999, dated 16.11.1999. Hence, the present Writ Petition. On 12.08.2009, this Court directed the office to put up a copy of Order, dated 16-11-1999, passed by this Court in W.P.No.23700 of 1999 and the same is placed before this Court. I have perused the said order and found that the same has nothing to do with the claim petition in the present proceedings. Inasmuch as there is no other reason to impose the condition for deposit of difference of minimum wages of Rs.25,969/- and as Order, dated 16-11-1999, passed by this Court in W.P.No.23700 of 1999 is not at all relatable to this case, I deem it appropriate to set aside Order, dated 23.05.2000, passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Eluru, in M.W.M.P.No.11 of 2000, with a direction to the respondent to consider the matter afresh on merits, without insisting on any condition for payment of wages as directed therein. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is partly allowed. No order as to costs. __________________ (R.Subhash Reddy, J) 17th August, 2009. Ivd/lur