S.K. MAL LODHA, J.—This is a bunch of twenty four writ petitions before me. As they involve common questions, they were heard together. It will be convenient to dispose them of by a common judgment.

2. It will suffice to notice facts in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 927 of 1980 (Petitioner: Municipal Council, Udaipur Versus Rup Lal).

3. Non-petitioner No. 1 Ruplal is a Fire Brigade Driver. Non-petitioner No.2 is the Authority appointed under the Minimum Wages Act (No.XI of 1948) (which will for the sake of brevity hereinafter be referred to as the Act). The Municipal Council, Udaipur is petitioner and employer of non-petitioner No. 1. The petitioner filed the writ petition under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking to quash the order Annexure-4 dated Aug. 21, 1981 passed by the Authority and for dismissing the claim of non-petitioner No. 1 which was filed under section 20(2) of the Act. Non-petitioner No. 1 has stated that he had worked as Fire-Brigade Driver in the Fire-Brigade Department of the Municipal Council, Udaipur from November 22, 1977 to March 31, 1980: that during this period, he had worked four hours excess of the number of hours constituting normal work

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