M/S AMAZON DISTRIBUTORS (P) LTD vs AJAY TIWARI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 14.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 17481/2022 and CM APPL. 55773/2022 M/S AMAZON DISTRIBUTORS (P) LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Om Prakash Gupta, Advocate versus AJAY TIWARI .....Respondent Through: Mr.Rahul Sagar Sahay, Mr.Raghav Rajmalani and Mr.Pratham Arora, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. By way of the present petition, the petitioner seeks setting aside of the award dated 08.03.2022 (hereinafter, referred to as the ‘impugned award’), passed by Authority under the Delhi Shops & Establishment Act, 1954 (hereinafter, referred to as the ‘the Act’), in SE/ED/19/2020/12013. Notably, vide the impugned award passed on 08.03.2022, the petitioner was directed to pay the respondent, a sum of Rs.50,291/-, being the respondent’s due earned wages alongwith additional compensation of Rs. 2,000/- as a penalty imposed upon the petitioner for illegally withholding his wages for the period 01.12.2019 to 15.01.2020. The petitioner was further directed to pay the said amount within 30 days from the date of passing of the impugned order, failing which recovery proceedings would be initiated as per the provisions of Section 21 of the Act. Subsequently, the operation of the impugned award came to be stayed by this Court vide order dated 21.12.2022. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NIJAMUDDEEN ANSARI W.P.(C) 17481/2022 Page 1 of 4 Signing Date:22.01.2026 17:54:10 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that the respondent entered into employment with the petitioner company on 10.03.2008, in the capacity of a ‘Field Officer’ and that his last drawn wage was Rs.33,000/-. The petitioner withheld the respondent’s earned wages for the month of December 2019 and 28 days of January 2