Bhawani Singh, J.—These criminal writ petitions, being common in nature, scope and effect, are being decided by a common judgment and the learned Counsel for the parties also agree that they should be so decided.

2. The petitioners, in both these petitions, are undergoing imprisonment in the jails of the State. They submitted the petitions to this Court which were placed on Judicial side for examination and decision by Chief Justice P. D Desai, (as he then was). In Criminal Writ Petition 6 of 1985 Gurdev Singh and 6 others v. State of H. P. and 2 others, the petitioners complain that they are employed for work but are being paid Rs. I.SO per day for the labour. They also say that no wages are paid for the first three months of labour. In Criminal Writ Petition No 49 of 1985, Bhag Singh Chauhanv. State of H. P and others, in addition to the allegation of the improper management of wage amounts by the Superintendent of Jail and the Store Keeper, they also say that they are forced to work with contractors either at less wages or no wages at all The allegation as to the mis-utilization of wage amounts were inquired into by the District and Sessions Judge, Shimla on the direction