In this writ petition, the adjudication made by the Authority under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 in P.W.A. Case No. 56 of 1972 awarding a total sum of Rs. 2,39,626.43P. to the applicants before the said Authority is under challenge.

2. The Managing Director, Jalpaiguri Electric Supply Co. Ltd. is the petitioner in the instant petition. The applicants before the said Authority under the Payment of Wages Act ale respondents and the West Bengal State Electricity Board and State of West Bengal have also been impleaded as respondents in the instant writ petition. It appears that during the pendency of the Rule, some of the applicants died. The application made before the Payment of Wages Authority out of which the said P.W.A. Case No. 56 of 1972 arose, has been annexed to the writ petition being Annexure 'A'. The said applicants made another application under S. 17 A of the Payment of Wages Act before the said Authority (hereinafter referred to as the said Authority) inter alia praying for attachment of the properties of the Jalpaiguri Electric Supply Co. Ltd. and also the purchase price to be paid by the West Bengal State Electricity Board to the said Company. Such application un