Andhra Pradesh Court April 1975 Judgments

D. Baliah and ors. Vs. Secretary, Indian Detonators Limited

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: (1976)IILLJ247AP

Alladi Kuppuswamy, J.1. The petitioners are employees of the respondent-company. Their wages for 8 days were deducted from out of their wages for the month of April, 1970 by the respondent. Thereupon the petitioners filed a petition under Section 15(2) read with Section 16 of the Payment of Wages Act complaining that a sum of Rs. 640 was illegally deducted from their wages without assigning any reason and without affording any opportunity to the applicants to explain against such deduction. They prayed for a refund of the said amount. In the counter to the petition, the respondent stated that the petitioners acting in concert and without reasonable cause staged an illegal tool down strike in the factory of the respondent on 20th April,1970. The workers including the petitioners were notified that their wages for eight days would be deducted from the wages for April, 1970 according to the proviso to Section 9(2) read with the explanation thereto of the Payment of Wages Act. It was submi...