Parashurama C H v. the Chairman
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), WP No.16079/2025 (L-MW), Article 226 writ by employees of Ashwini Ayurvedic Medical College & PG Centre Hospital, Davanagere, seeking minimum wages with arrears per notification KAE 125 LWA 2015 dt. 06.01.2017 and quashing of endorsement AMC/792/24-25 dt. 27.01.2025; held: minimum-wage claims must be made as claim petitions before the Labour Commissioner; petitioners' claim already pending there; no ground to quash endorsement; writ disposed of, interim order discharged; single Judge Jyoti M; decided 09-07-2026.
What did the court decide?
No mandamus or certiorari granted; the writ petition was disposed of on the basis that the petitioners may pursue their minimum-wage grievance in the pending proceedings before the Labour Commissioner; interim order, if any, stands discharged and pending interlocutory applications are disposed of.