( 1 ) THE order of the first respondent-Additional industrial Tribunal-cum-Additional Labour court, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as Tribunal), in MP No. 263 of 1987, dated 11-6-1994, allowing the claim of the 2nd respondent for a sum of Rs. 7,837/-, is the subject matter of the challenge in this writ petition.

( 2 ) THIS Court, in WPMP No. 26691 of 1994 dated 08-12-1994, passed an interim order suspending the award passed by the tribunal on condition that the petitioner shall deposit half of the amount awarded by the tribunal within six weeks and that on such deposit it was open to the 2nd respondent to withdraw the same without furnishing any security.

( 3 ) SRI A. K. Jayaprakash Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits thatthough the amount involved in the writ petition is negligible, only Rs. 7,837/-, out of which 50% was deposited by the petitioner and had already been withdrawn by the 2nd respondent herein, it was necessary that the questions of law, which arise for consideration in this writ petition, be decided since several cases of a similar nature are pending both before this Court and the Labour Courts/ industrial Tribunals. In all fairness, learned counsel

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