Can the Authority under the Payment of Wages Act decide the question of the status of an employed person?
: The Authority under the Payment of Wages Act is a Court of summary jurisdiction having powers to deal with the simple matter of delay in payment of wages or deduction from wages. It is not within the competence of the Authority to decide the question of the status of an employed person, i.e., whether he is a Mistry or Veldar. The matter is a complicated question of law as also of fact.
