( 1 ) THESE two writ petitions since raise the common question of law, therefore, they are being taken up together and disposed of by this common judgment and order after hearing counsel for the parties.

( 2 ) THE fact that emerges in both the cases are that the Prescribed Authority under the provisions of Payment of Wages Act have allowed the workmans application for payment of wages and compensation thereof under Section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act. Aggrieved by the order passed by Prescribed authority, the employer preferred an appeal as contemplated under Section 17 of the Act. The provisions of Section 17 (1-A) of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, which is relevant for the purpose of wages, clearly speaks that no appeal shall lie against an order or direction issued for payment of wages by the prescribed authority, unless the memorandum of appeal is accompanied by a certificate by the authority to the effect that the appellant has deposited the amount payable under the direction appealed against. In both the cases it is admitted fact that the memorandum of appeal when presented had not been accompanied by the certificate of the deposit issued by the prescribe