ORDER :- These writ petitions arise out of the order of the Labour Court, Madras, in these circumstances. The workers under two managements, the management of Sri Gandhiban Bus Service, the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 411 of 1963, and the workers under the management of Sri Shanmughananda Bus Service, the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 418 of 1963, filed applications under the Minimum Wages Act, seeking directions by the Labour Court for the payment of the difference in the wages payable to the workers in each of these petitions. As there was a delay in the filing of the petitions, applications for the condonation of the delay were also filed. Thirty-five workers are involved in the first of the cases, and the claim against the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 411 of 1963 runs to Rs. 2,63,260 and odd and in Writ Petition No. 418 of 1963, the claim is to the extent of Rs. 1,21,755 in respect of twenty employees. It was alleged by the workers that the managements in question had failed to implement the Minimum Wages Act. It was claimed that by reason of the action of the managements, the workers wore kept in ignorance of their rightful dues : that the managements were pa