C.W.P. No. 1907 of 1994 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 1907 of 1994 Date of Decision:- 28.07.2011 The State of Punjab and another .....Petitioners Versus Sh. Tilak Raj and another .....Respondents Present:- Ms. Gurveen H. Singh, Addl. AG Punjab. Mr. Amit Kohar, Advocate for the respondents. **** SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J (Oral) The State of Punjab has filed the instant writ petition challenging the order dated 12.10.1992, passed by the authorities under Section 15(3) of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'), whereby the management was directed to pay equal wages to the workmen w.e.f. 10.7.1988 to 19.10.1990 as is being given to the other similarly situated persons. Learned counsel for the respondents argued that against that impugned order the management is having remedy of appeal under Section 17 of the Act and without availing the remedy of statutory appeal, the management has filed the instant writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner could not controvert the aforesaid factual and legal position. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and going through the impugned award whereby the petitioner-Management was directed to pay equal wages to the respondent for the period w.e.f. 10.7.1988 to C.W.P. No. 1907 of 1994 2 19.10.1990 as was given to the other similarly situated workmen and the fact that the petitioner has filed the aforesaid writ petition without availing the remedy of statutory appeal and further keeping in view the meager amount involved in this petition, I am not inclined to entertain this petition particularly when the petitioner-Management was having the remedy of statutory appeal. Hence, this petition is dismissed. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) July 28, 2011 JUDGE reema