WPSS No. 337/2010 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala J. Mr. N. S. Negi, the learned counsel for the petitioners. Mr. Subhash Upadhyay, the learned brief holder for the State. The petitioners are employed on contract basis and alleged that the petitioner nos. 1 and 2 have not been paid their contract wages from June, 2009 onwards and petitioner no.3 has not been paid the wages from April, 2010 onwards even though all the three petitioners are working with the respondents. The petitioners have further alleged that they fear that they would be replaced by another set of contract workers. On mere apprehension that they would be replaced cannot be a ground to entertain the writ petition. Further, it is the prerogative of the employers to employ or not to employ a particular set of workers on contract basis unless malafides are shown, which in the present case are lacking. Consequently, on this ground, the court is not inclined to entertain the writ petition. Considering the facts and circumstances that the petitioners allege that they are working and have not been paid their wages, this court disposes of the writ petition with a direction to the petitioner to make an appropriate representation before the authority concerned with regard to the payment of their wages. If the petitioners move such a representation, the authority will consider and decide the representation of the petitioner by a reasoned and speaking order within six weeks from the date of the production of a certified copy of this court and release the salary, if found due and payable to the petitioners within the same period. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated: 13.5.2010 Nishant