Jammu and Kashmir High Court
WP(C)/2920/2021 of MEHRAJ UD DIN AND OTHERS Vs UT OF J AND K TH COMMISSIONER SECRETARY RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPTT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ AND OTHERS on 31 December 2021
137 HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP(C) No. 2920/2021 CM No. 9699/2021 Mehraj-Ud-Din & ors. …. Petitioner/Appellant(s) Through:- Mr. F. S. Butt, Advocate V/s Union Territory of J&K & ors. …..Respondent(s) Through:- Mr. Raja Mohit Bucha, Advocate
Sr. No. 137
HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU
Mehraj-Ud-Din & ors.
WP(C) No. 2920/2021 CM No. 9699/2021
…. Petitioner/Appellant(s)
Through:- Mr. F. S. Butt, Advocate
V/s
Union Territory of J&K & ors. …..Respondent(s)
Through:- Mr. Raja Mohit Bucha, Advocate CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SINDHU SHARMA, JUDGE
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ORDER
01. Petitioners in this petition seek direction to the respondents to release the wages in favour of the petitioners w.e.f the date it has been illegally and arbitrarily withheld alongwith interest @12% for the deferred payment w.e.f. the date it became due till realization.
02. The petitioners are working as Supporting Staff under Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) and they are aggrieved of non-payment of their legally earned wages which has been illegally and arbitrarily not paid to them despite admitting the liability and recommendation in this behalf by Block Development Officer concerned under whom they are performing their duties.
03. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner would feel satisfied if this writ petition is disposed of at this stage by directing the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioners for releasing the wages in favour of the petitioners w.e.f the date it has been illegally and arbitrarily withheld alongwith interest @12% for the deferred payment w.e.f. the date it became due till realization.
04. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of at this stage by directing the respondents to consider and decide the claim of the petitioners for releasing the wages in favour of the petitioners in accordance with law by passing a speaking order within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.
05. CM also stands disposed of.
JAMMU 31.12.2021 RAM MURTI
(Sindhu Sharma) Judge