In its counter affidavits the State of Madhya Pradesh has stated that the said Government have framed rules under the Act (which came into force on 10.2 1971) for implementation of its provisions, that the Act is being implemented in its entirety in the said State, that it has constituted an independent State Advisory Contract Labour Board which was advising the State Government on such matters as are referred to it, that it has also constituted a committee on 31st March 1981 in exercise of the powers conferred on it under Section 5 of the Act, and that in the case of 22 branches, prosecutions were launched for non compliance with the provisions of the Act 5 In the Counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent No. 21, (the State of Punjab) it is stated that the appropriate Government for the purpose of the Act for the regional office of the Corporation in the Punjab State, is the State Government.