Nanda Boishya and Ors. v. the Ashok and Ors.
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What is this about?
Non-payment of wages of ex-servicemen security guards at Ashok Hotel, Chanakyapuri (petitioners Nanda Boishya and Ors.; respondents The Ashok and Ors.); wage period 12.06.2022-31.03.2023; DGR rates; reinstatement order 17.06.2022 in W.P.(C) 9511/2022; clarification order 03.11.2022 (CM Appl. No. 45053/2022); contempt petitions Cont. Cas (C) No. 708/2022 and Cont. Cas (C) No. 64/2024; LPA No. 11/2023 (decided 13.02.2023) leaving wage issue open; representation rejected by order dated 07.10.2025; Industrial Disputes Act 1947 conciliation before Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner ending in failure report; writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution disposed of for want of grounds, alternative remedy available and invoked. Useful for: writ petitions under Article 226 not entertained where efficacious alternative remedy (industrial dispute adjudication) exists and has been invoked; wage/DGR-rate claims of ex-servicemen security personnel.