In Brief
A railway conductor challenged his withholding of increments through an application before the prescribed authority under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, claiming the disciplinary orders violated natural justice. The High Court allowed his plea, setting aside the disciplinary orders. The Supreme Court reversed this, holding that the prescribed authority has no jurisdiction to interfere with disciplinary proceedings or set aside such orders. The proper remedy was a statutory appeal or court proceedings, not an application under the Payment of Wages Act. The appeal was allowed and the respondent's application dismissed.
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