1. This Civil Revision Petition is filed against the judgment of the District Judge, Ernakulam in A. S. No. 78 of 1979, in his capacity as the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Wages Act. That appeal was filed by the present petitioner against the order in P.W.A. No. 58 of 1976 of the Labour Court, Quilon which is the Authority under the Payment of Wages Act 58 of 1976.

2. The respondent was the Secretary of the petitioner-Society. She was kept out of employment for a period from 24-11-1975 to 31-8-1976 without payment of salary. She filed P.W.A. No. 58 of 1976 under the Payment of Wages Act, claiming an amount of Rs. 2,177.50 as unpaid wages. The Authority allowed the application to the extent of Rs. 1,526.50 over-ruling the objection of the petitioner-Society on a point of jurisdiction that the dispute should have been referred to and could be decided only by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies under S.69 of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act. The Authority also found that the petitioner-society bad no right to deny wages to the respondent employee. It was against that order that the petitioner filed A.S. No. 78 of 1979 under S.17(a) of the Payment of Wag