SBCWP NO.3584/97. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR. O R D E R S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION No.3584/1997. RSRTC Jaipur & Ors. Versus R.S. Sharma & Ors. Date of Order:- February 18, 2010. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Shri Vinod Kumar Sharma for the petitioners. ***** BY THE COURT:- This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner-RSRTC against the order dated 12/8/1983 by which, Payment of Wages Authority directed it to pay to the respondent a sum of Rs.11,520/- and also against the order dated 22/3/1995 by which, its appeal was dismissed by the learned District Judge, Ajmer. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that even if the learned Payment of Wages Authority granted the benefit of increments to the respondent, there was no occasion for it to have awarded three times the amount of penalty of actual dues which is Rs.2880/-. Learned counsel submitted that the respondent himself filed application before the Payment of Wages Authority with delay and SBCWP NO.3584/97. 2 latches which was rejected as time barred except for the claim of wages from May 1977 to December, 1986. Learned counsel also argued that the Payment of Wages Authority did not consider the matter on merits and rejected the appeal as time barred whereas the limitation ought to have been computed from the date of receipt of copy by the Payment of Wages Authority. On hearing the learned counsel for petitioner and perusing the impugned-order, I find that the Payment of Wages Authority granted the arrears of increments and also the penalty keeping in view the fact that petitioner had not paid to the respondent the due increments ever since May 1977 to December, 1986. However, it confined the payment only for the period from January 1986 to December 1986 which fell within the period of limitation. Rest of the claim of the respondent was declined. In such a matter of awarding amount of penalty, cannot be said to be unjustified. I therefore do not find any merit in this writ petition, which is accordingly dismissed. A copy of this order be sent to the respondent for his information. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ), J. anil