M.C.M. D.A.V. CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, MISSION ROAD, PATHANKOT AND ANOTHER vs INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL, AMRITSAR AND ANOTHER

soomvens/ IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-7098 of 2023 Date of decision: 12.05.2026 M.C.M. D.A.V. Centenary Public School, Mission Road, Pathankot and another .... Petitioners Vs. Industrial Tribunal, Amritsar and another .... Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Rajdeep Singh Cheema, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Vishal Aggarwal, Advocate, with Ms. Aastha Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.2. KULDEEP TIWARI, J (Oral) 1. Learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that the application preferred by respondent No.2 under Section 33-C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, is misconceived, as he has an efficacious statutory remedy available under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. 2. In view of the above consensus, the impugned order is set aside. However, liberty is granted to respondent No.2 to avail the appropriate remedy and raise all permissible pleas before the competent authority under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submits that the petitioners shall not raise the objection of limitation before the competent authority, considering that respondent No.2 had been