Neutral Citation No. - 2017:AHC:93990 AFR RESERVED ON 09.03.2017 DELIVERED ON 14.07.2017 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6291 of 2002 Petitioner :- The Fertilizer Corp. Of India Ltd. Gorakhpur Respondent :- A.D.J. Gorakhpur & Others Counsel for Petitioner :- R.S. Misra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C., Arvind Kumar Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.

The above mentioned writ petition has been filed by the petitioner which is a Central Government Company against the order dated 06.03.1991 passed by the Prescribed Authority under the Payment of Wages Act i.e. the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Gorakhpur Region, Gorakhpur and the judgment dated 08.10.2001 passed by the Additional District Judge, Court No. 9, Gorakhpur, the Appellate Authority, under Section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act.

2. Heard Mr. Arun Kumar holding brief of Mr. R.S. Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Komal Mehrotra holding brief of Mr. Arvind Kumar, learned counsel for the private respondent Nos. 4 to 22 and the learned Standing Counsel for State-Respondents.

3. The facts in brief, relevant for the controversy, are that the respondent Nos. 4 to 22 filed nineteen separate applications under Section 15(2) of the P