HOMBE GOWDA, C. J.

( 1 ) THE President, Athni Municipality, has, in these three petitions, filed under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, prayed for the issue of a writ of certiorari for quashing the order dated 25 September, 1963 passed by the authority appointed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, for the Athni area in Miscellaneous Applications Nos. 3, 4 and 5 of 1961 directing the petitioner to pay wages for the work turned out by the respondents during the weekly holidays or rest days for the years 1955 to 1960. All the three petitions filed by the respondents before the authority appointed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, for the Athni area were tried and disposed of by a common order dated 25 September, 1963 by agreement of parties. Miscellaneous Application No. 2 of 1961 was also tried along with these petitions. But the said application was dismissed by the authority and the same has not been challenged by the petitioners in that application. The present petitioner, who was the respondent in Miscellaneous applications Nos. 3, 4 and 5, has filed these petitions challenging the legality of the order passed by the authority and has prayed for the issue of appro

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