1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1756 OF 2001 Ramprasad Ramlakhan Gupta ..... Petitioner. V/s Our Lady of Vailankanni School and Ors. ..... Respondents. ------ Mr. P.P. Yawalkar with Ms. Meenal Bhate for the Petitioner. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & V.M. KANADE, JJ. DATE : 23rd January, 2008. P.C.: The petitioner claims to be the employee of respondent No.1 - School which is run by respondent No.2. According to the petitioner, though he has worked continuously, he has not been paid salary to which he is entitled under the law and, therefore, this Petition has been filed for direction to respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to pay salary of the Petitioner in accordance with law with interest. The respondent Nos. 1 and 2 have been served. They are represented by the lawyer. They have not filed any affidavit controverting the allegations in the Petition. In the absence of reply, accepting the Petition on its face 2 value, rule in the Petition is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). The respondent Nos. 1 and 2 are also directed to pay the costs of the Petition to the Petitioner. (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)