By the Court.—The present Special Appeal has been filed against the Judgment and Order dated 10.12.2007 passed by the learned Single Judge whereby Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 11975 of 2001 filed by the respondent No. 3 was allowed.

It appears that the respondent-appellant herein (Silk and Kapda Karmchari Union) made an Application under the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Peace (Timely Payment of Wages) Act, 1978 (in short “the 1978 Act”) before the Deputy Labour Commissioner, Varanasi Region, Varanasi (respondent No. 1), inter alia, raising grievance regarding non-payment of Wages, Bonus and Lay-off Compensation.

By the Orders dated 8.3.2001 (filed as Annexures 6 and 7 to the aforesaid Writ Petition and appearing at Pages 79 and 82 respectively of the Paper-Book of the Special Appeal), the respondent No. 1 directed for recovery of the amounts mentioned in the said Orders towards Wages, Bonus and Lay off Compensation from the respondent No. 3 herein.

The respondent No. 3 herein, thereupon, filed the aforesaid Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 11975 of 2001 before this Court.

As noted above, the learned Single Judge by the Judgment and Order dated 10.12.2007 allowed the said Writ Pet