Judgment

VARADARAJAN, J. :- These appeals by special leave are directed against the judgment of the learned Chief Justice (B. J. Diwan) of the Gujarat High Court in Civil Revision Applications Nos. 1434 to 1437 of 1973. Those Civil Revision Applications (hereinafter referred to as Revisions) were preferred against the judgment of the Civil Judge, (junior Division) Vijapur as the authority appointed under S. 20 (i) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 for Vijapur Taluka in Civil Misc. Applications Nos. 1 and 2 of 1970 and 1 and 2 of 1971 (hereinafter referred to as applications). The four Revisions raised a common question of law and were disposed of by a common judgment.

2. The applications before the Minimum Wages Authority were filed by the Gujarat Government Labour Officer and Minimum Wages inspector for Mehsana district against the Taluka Development officer, Vijapur Taluka and District Development Officer (Panchayat) Mehsana. The Minimum Wages Inspector contended in those applications that the four employees, Ishwerbhai Prahladbhai, Dayabhai Umeddass, Kanjibhai Shankarbhai and Nathalal Maganlal, working in the Taluka Panchayat and District Panchayat as Tube-well Operators at Delvada a