( 1 ) THE petitioner is working as a conductor with the Rewa Transport Services. Rewa (respondent No. 1 ). The petitioner's application for recovery of overtime wages was dismissed by the Authority appointed under the Payment of Wages Act by order dated 19th September 1964. An appeal preferred by the petitioner was also dismissed by the Industrial Court M. P. , by its order dated 2nd March 1966. The petitioner by this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeks a writ of certiorari for quashing the said two orders and for issuance of a suitable direction to the Authority under the Payment of Wages Act to determine the overtime wages and to direct the payment thereof.

( 2 ) MOTOR transport is a 'scheduled industry', and the minimum wages for the workers in the industry have been fixed by the State of Madhya Pradesh under the m. P. Minimum Wages Fixation Act, 1962. Section 4 of the Act has made Section 4-A, Section 5 and Sections 12 to 30-A of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, and the rules framed thereunder, applicable to the minimum rate of wages fixed under the state Act. Thus, for all practical purposes, in the matter of minimum wages the petitioner is governed by t