PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 626 of 2023 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 626 of 2023 Sandeep Singh .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India Represented By Secy. Rural Dev. Delhi And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Amit Prakash Upadhyay, Vijay Bahadur Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C. Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. Heard Shri Vijay Bahadur Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Mahendra Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 1 to 3 and Ms. Akansha Dubey, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State. 2. On 05.01.2026 we had passed the following order:- "1. In spite of the order dated 17.7.2023, till date the opposite parties have not filed any counter affidavit. 2. The short point involved herein is as to whether the labourers engaged for doing work under Mahatama Gandhi Rozgar Guarantee Scheme under the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (in short "the Act, 2005") are entitled for minimum wages as per under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (in short "the Act, 1948") or not. In fact, the Act, 2005 itself d