1. Petitioner has sought indulgence of the court for issuance of a writ of certiorari for quashing the award dated 21-2-1998 passed by Assistant Labour Commissioner, Baramulla as Authority under Payment of Wages Act (for short the Act) in the claim petition titled Ali Mohammad Bhat Vs. Executive Engineer & others, whereby an ex-parte award to the tune of Rs. 2,51,740/- in favour of the applicant -- respondent No. 2 herein read with order dated 22-7-1999, whereunder the application filed by the writ petitioner for setting aside exparte award came to be rejected.. The brief facts of the case are to be noticed:

2. Respondent No. 2, Ali Mohammad Bhat filed a claim petition before the Authority under Payment of Wages Act -- Assistant Labour Commissioner, Baramula with the averments that he supplied 557 labourers and 269 masons to the respondents 3 and 4, but the petitioner -- non-applicant failed to pay wages to him which constrained him to invoke jurisdiction of the Authority under the Act. Exparte award came to be passed. The petitioner filed an application before Authority under Payment of Wages Act, for setting aside exparte award which came to be dismissed vide order dated 22-7-1999

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