1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.9 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.2679 OF 2010 WRIT PETITION NO.1 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.2 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.6 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.10 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.81 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.90 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.91 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.100 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.123 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.162 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.186 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.192 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.193 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.204 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.221 OF 2011 WRIT PETITION NO.222 OF 2011 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr.A.A.Maniyar for the petitioners. Mr.M.S.Menon @ A.A.Siddiquie for respondent nos.5 & 6. Ms.Anjali Helekar AGP for respondent nos.1 to 4 in WP No.9/2011, 2679/2010, 100/2011, 123/2011, 162/2011, 192/2011 & 193/2011. Mrs.Madhubala kajale AGP for respondent nos.1 to 4 in WP No. 222/2011. Ms.Sindha Sridharan AGP for respondent nos.1 to 4 in WP Nos.1, 2, 6, 10, 81 186 & 204 of 2011. Ms.Sunita Gaidhani AGP for respondent nos.1 to 4 in WP No. 90/2011 & 221/2011. Ms.I.K.Calcuttawala AGP for respondent nos.1 to 4 in WP 91/2011. 2 ---- CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR & MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR,JJ DATE : 25/4/2011 P.C. :- 1 The grievance made in these petitions is that the respondent- management is not paying the legitimate dues to the petitioners who are working as employees of the respondents- private school. It is not in dispute that the respondent-school is an un-aided school. Whether the employees of such school are receiving the salary or scale of pay, allowances, post retirement and other benefits less favourable than those provided under Rules of 1981 is a matter which should receive the attention of the Director. By virtue of Section 4(3) of the Act of 1977, the Director is bound to inquire into such grievance and issue appropriate directions to the management as may 3 be advised on the basis of the finding to be reached by him during such inquiry. 2 In the circumstances, instead of examining the grievance of the petitioners on factual matrix, in the present writ petitions, we think it appropriate to dispose of all these writ petitions with a direction to the Director to conduct inquiry into the complaint made by the petitioners about non payment of prescribed pay scale to them by the respondent- management. The Director shall give opportunity to the petitioners and similarly placed employees as well as the management and after due inquiry, issue appropriate direction as may be necessary in the fact situation of the case. That shall be done as expeditiously as possible and in any case not later than 10 weeks from today. The Director shall be free to decide the grievance made by the 4 petitioners before this Court as complained by the petitioners and process the same keeping in mind the above observation. The petitioners before this Court as well as representatives of management shall remain present in the office of Director on 9.5.2011 at 11.00 A.M on which date, Director may issue such further orders as may be necessary keeping in mind that inquiry should be concluded at specified time and necessary directions are issued and taken to its logical end expeditiously. All petitions are disposed of in the above terms. (A.M.KHANWILKAR,J) (MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR,J)