Minimum Wages--Inclusion of Domestic Worker and Safai Karamchari in the list of scheduled employment without further reference to any employment is incomplete--Impugned entry set aside.

Mr. Harinder Singh Sidhu, J.:- This order will dispose of five writ petitions i.e. CWP Nos.25328, 25517, 27473 of 2015, 2324, 2383 of 2016, as the issue involved therein is common.

2. In all these petitions, the petitioners have impugned certain provisions of the notification dated 21.10.2015 of the Haryana Government, Labour Department. Vide this notification issued in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(2) of Section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (for short Rs.the Act’), the State of Haryana has revised the minimum wages (all inclusive) in respect of different Scheduled Employments mentioned therein w.e.f. 01.11.2015. Before this, the wages were fixed/revised by the Haryana Government, Labour Department notification dated 27.06.2007.

3. Ld. Counsel for petitioners in all these cases state that they have no objection to the revision of wages, but are only aggrieved of certain other provisions of this notification.

The relevant parts of the notification is extracted below:

“HARYANA GOVERNMENT

LABOUR DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 21st October, 2015

No.3/42/83-3 Lab.— In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (2) of Section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Act XI of 1948), the Governor of Haryana after considering the objections / suggestions received in response and after consultation with the State Minimum Wages Advisory Board, Haryana with reference to Haryana Government, Labour Department notification No.3/42/2014-3 Lab, dated 14th August, 2014, hereby fixes / revises the minimum rates of wages (all inclusive) in respect of different scheduled employments as mentioned in the schedules given below with effect from the 1st November, 2015, in the State of Haryana, which were previously fixed/revised vide Haryana Government, Labour Department, Notification No.3/42/83-3 Lab dated the 27th June, 2007.

SCHEDULE

Sr. No.	Name of Scheduled Employments
1.	2
1.	Agricultural implements, Machine Tools and General Engineering including Cycle and Electrical Goods Industry
2.	Cinema Industry
3.	Saw Mill and Timber Trade Industry
4.	Cotton Ginning and Pressing Industry
5.	Textile Industry
6.	Glass Industry
7.	Public Motor Transport
8.	Tanneries and Leather Manufacturing
9.	Rice Mills, Floor Mills and Dal Mills
10.	Rubber Industry
11.	Local Authorities
12.	Operation of Tubewell Industry
13.	Woollen Carpet making or shawl weaving establishment run on powerloom or handloom
14.	Shops and Commercial Establishments
15.	Tailoring, Stitching and Embroidery Establishments
16.	Public Works Departments, Irrigation
17.	Oil Mills
18.	Manufacturing of Khandsari, Gur and Shakkar
19.	Private printing presses
20.	(i) Non ferrous Metal Rolling and Re-rolling Industry
	(ii) Brass, Copper and Aluminium Utensils making Industry
21.	Scientific Industry
22.	Chemical and Distillery Industry
23.	Contract or Establishments of Forest Department
24.	Electroplating using salts or chromium nickel or any other compound and connected buffing and polishing Industry
25.	Ferrous Metal Rolling and Re-rolling Industry
26.	(i) Constructions crushing and Maintenance of Roads and Building operation Stone breaking and Stone
	(ii) Public Works Department, Public Health
27.	Ayurvedic and Unani Pharmaceuticals
28.	Potteries, ceramics and refractory Industry
	Xxx  xxx    xxx
46.	Electronics and allied or incidental Industries
47.	Plastic Industries
48.	Brick Kiln