( 1 ) THIS is an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution for the issue of a writ of certiorari for quashing an order dated 21st May 1963 of the authority for Ujjain under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, (hereinafter referred to as the Authority) overruling the petitioner's objection as to its jurisdiction, and for the issue of a writ of prohibition restraining the said Authority from entertaining and investigating an application filed under Section 15 of the Act for a direction to the petitioner to pay to certain workers compensation under Section 25-FF of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.

( 2 ) THE matter arises thus. The Badnagar Electric Supply and Industrial Co. , Ltd. , badnagar, having secured a licence from the Government of the quondam Gwalior state, was doing business in the distribution of electric energy in that place. The company's licence was revoked by the Madhya Pradesh Government and the undertaking was taken over by the M. P. Electricity Board on 1st October 1962. The petitioner was the Managing Director of the Company. When notice was given by the petitioner to the employees of the Company that their services were not required by t