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2025 DAILYLAW 16140 (UTT)

INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF UTTARAKHAND v. GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND

WPMB/204/2024 · 2025-12-23

Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Subhash Upadhyay

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2025:UHC:11541-DB HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL 2 3 Decem ber , 2 0 2 5 W r it Pet it ion ( M/ B) No.4 9 9 of 2 0 2 4 G4S Secure Solutions India Pvt Ltd Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Others W it h W r it Pet it ion ( M/ B) No.1 5 2 of 2 0 2 4 M/ s SIDCUL Manufacturers Association SMA Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Others W it h W r it Pet it ion ( M/ B) No.1 8 1 of 2 0 2 4 M/ s Bhagwanpur Industries Association BIA Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Others W it h W r it Pet it ion ( M/ B) No.2 0 4 of 2 0 2 4 Industries Association of Uttarakhand and Another Vs. Government of Uttarakhand and Others W it h W r it Pet it ion ( M/ B) No.2 5 2 of 2 0 2 4 PP Auto Innovators Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Others W it h W r it Pet it ion ( M/ B) No.2 9 3 of 2 0 2 4 Goodrich Tea Estate Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Others 1 2025:UHC:11541-DB -------------------------------------------------------------- Pr esen ce:- Mr. Siddhartha Sah, learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMB No.499/ 2024. Mr. Eshan Sachdeva Sachdeva, learned counsel for the petitioners in WPMB No.152/ 2024 and 181/ 2024. Mr. Aditya Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMB No.204/ 2024 through V.C. Mr. Harsh Vardhan Dhani, learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMB No.252/ 2024 through V.C. Ms. Mamta Bisht and Mr. Himanshu Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner in WPMB No.293/ 2024. Mr. M.C. Pant (through V.C.) and Mr. H.M. Bhatia, learned counsel for private respondents in WPMB No.152/ 2024. Mr. C.S. Rawat, learned C.S.C. along with Mr. P.C. Bisht, learned Addl. C.S.C. for the State of Uttarakhand. -------------------------------------------------------------- Hon ’ble Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J. Hon ’ble Su bh ash Upadh yay, J. ( Per : Hon ’ble Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J.) COMMON JUDGMENT By means of these writ petitions, petitioners have challenged Notification dated 15.03.2024 issued by Secretary, Labour Department, Government of Uttarakhand. By the said order, the minimum wages of industrial employees were revised by exercising power under Section 4(1) of the Minimum Wage Act, 1948. 2. According to the petitioners, the prescribed procedure for revising the wages was not followed. Various other contentions were raised by the petitioners. Co-ordinate Bench vide order dated 17.06.2025, permitted the petitioners to make representation to the Secretary, Department of Labour against the impugned notification. 3. State counsel submits that the representation made by the petitioners pursuant to the said interim order was considered and rejected by the Secretary Labour Department vide order dated 31.07.2025. He 2 2025:UHC:11541-DB submits that petitioners have not challenged the order whereby their representation was rejected. He submits that, in view of the subsequent development, namely, rejection of the representation submitted by the petitioners, the reliefs claimed in these writ petitions do not survive. 4. Mr. Siddhartha Sah, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to file afresh with better particulars. 5. The writ petitions are, accordingly, disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to file afresh challenging the order passed by the Secretary, Labour Department on the representation made by the petitioners. ( Su bh ash Upadh yay, J.) ( Man oj Ku m ar Tiw ar i, J.) 23.12.2025 SS 3 SUKHBANT SINGH Digitally signed by SUKHBANT SINGH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=71978f9c61bfde0ba69967c787b1764ea7bc7dd129a8a63 80d49b1885e628615, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2D8B71B8D8E345F6B7F95B1DD4FB4BEBD2B7D72C 42261361AED33172F152148D, cn=SUKHBANT SINGH Date: 2025.12.24 10:17:22 +05'30'