Judgment :

Vinod Chatterji Koul, J.

1. Quashment of Order dated 7th December 2013, passed by the Authority under Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Assistant Labour Commissioner) District Anantnag, (for short “Authority”) on a claim petition titled Mohammad Maqbool Ganai and others v. Director Rural Development and others, is prayed for in writ petition on hand.

2. The case set up in writ petition is that in the early 90’s taking undue advantage of abnormal situation in the valley, the unscrupulous elements made uncouth attempts to cause damage to the public exchequer by trying to gain entry into different departments of the State Government on the strength of fake and forged orders and Rural Development Department was worst hit by such criminal acts. Similarly, it is next stated, respondents 2 to 11 have also manipulated some documents and tried to gain entry into Rural Development Department. Their cases were thoroughly investigated by the agencies and it was found that their appointment orders were fake and forged. They along with other 138 alleged daily rated workers approached this court with a writ petition, being SWP No.13/1999, for release of wages and regularization of their servic