JAGANMOHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THESE two writ petitions have been referred to a Bench by Srinivasachari, J. , inasmuch as the question involved would affect a large body of persons. In both these petitions, the point for consideration is whether an appeal would lie from an order of an Authority appointed under section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act read with section 37-A of the Shops and Establishments Act. The facts in W. P. No. 911 of 1960 are that the third respondent who is an employee of the Hyderabad Handloom Weavers Central Co-operative Association, was suspended on 23rd May, 1958 and was dismissed on 26th September, 1958 after departmental enquiry, for misconduct and misappropriation of property belonging to the Association. A criminal prosecution launched against him for these charges finally ended in his acquittal. The third respondent thereafter filed an application before the Authority under the Payment of Wages Act, purporting to be under section 15 of the Act, claiming a sum of Rs. 1,975 together with Rs. 120 as delayed wages and continuing wages for the period. The Authority directed the Association to pay the third respondent a sum of Rs. 2,535. 50 np. and the associati

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