( 1. ) THE petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed against an order, dated 19-12-1969, passed by respondent No. 1. . Authority under the Payment of Wages Act (hereinafter referred to as " the Authority "), whereby he dismissed the application filed before him under Section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (hereinafter referred to as " the Wages Act"), holding that " this Authority has no jurisdiction to entertain the present application for the claim of bonus. "

( 2. ) A Division Bench of this Court in Junior Labour Inspector (Central), Jabalpur v. Authority under the Payment of Wages Act and Ors. 1970ii L. L. J. 484, had taken the view that " bonus " payable under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the " Bonus Act ") is not " wages as denned in the Wages Act. It also held that a complete machinery having been provided by the Bonus Act, the Wages Act has no application to the claim for bonus under the Bonus Act. Having taken this view the order of the Authority holding that no application lay to him was upheld and the petition filed by the Junior Labour Inspector was dismissed. When the present petition ca