JUDGMENT

GITA MITTAL, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get”

-Lewis Caroll

1. This quote, from the classic literary work Alice in Wonderland from the year 1865, appropriately manifests the manner in which the hurried actions of the respondents would set back the entire work force of the city.

2. An attempt to constitute a Minimum Wage Advisory Committee by an order dated 12th April, 2016, had already disrupted the course of wage revision once. Alas, even though the revision is sorely needed, the hurried attempt again, inter alia failing to comport with binding the statutory requirements, without relevant material and contravening principles of Natural Justice has unfortunately disrupted this course, yet again.

3. This batch of writ petitions, lays a challenge to the constitutionality of the Notification bearing no. F- 13(16)/MW/1/2008/Lab/ 1859 dated 15th September, 2016 issued by the Lt. Governor of Delhi in exercise of powers conferred by Section 5(1) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (hereafter referred to as ‘the Act’). By this notification, the respondents re-constituted the Minimum Wages Advisory Committee for all scheduled employments.

4. These petitions also cha