IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1831 of 2009 (M/S) Pappu son of Sri Mahchand resident of Myangee, Tahsil Devbankd Police Station Bargaon District Saharnpur. ……Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand through District Magistrate, Hardwar and four others. …..Respondents. Sri C.K. Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Sri K.P. Upadhyay, Additional C.S.C. for the State/respondent nos. 1 to 4. Date:- November 3, 2009 Hon’ble B.S. Verma J. This writ petition has been filed for the following reliefs:- I. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent nos. 1 to 4 to take immediate action on the representations contained in Annexure Nos. 2 and 3 dated 25.9.2009 and 19.10.2009 to the writ petition in view of the provisions of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 and other provisions of law and to enforce the mandatory provisions of the Act. II. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to provide the protection and liberty to the labourers concerned forthwith. III. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent to ensure release of the earned wages of the labourers as narrated in the Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition as the part of the economic back up to the labourers concerned in the view of the above Act. 2 IV. Award the cost of this writ petition to the petitioner. According to the petitioner, he as well as other persons including his wife and children are being kept as bonded labour by the brick kiln owner respondent no. 5. The petitioners and other co-labourers belong to weaker section of the society. They were assured of fashionable wages etc. along with their wages. In paragraphs 16 and 17 of the writ petition, it has been stated that the petitioner and other co-labourers moulded more than 50,000 bricks for which the employer/respondent no. 5 is liable to the minimum amount of Rs. 10,000/- the total amount of earned wages coming to the tune more than Rs. 50,000/-. Out of the said amount of earned wages the labourers have only been paid an amount of Rs. 4,000/- in all and the rest of the earned wages to the tune of Rs. 10,000/- has illegally been withheld by the respondent no. 5/owners of the brick kiln. During the Course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently submitted that the petitioner himself and on behalf of all other labourers has made an application to the District Magistrate, Haridwar, vide Annexure No. 2 for redressal of their grievance, but no decision has been taken by the authority concerned thereon so far. Learned counsel has urged that the ends of justice in the matter would be subserved if a direction is issued to the District Magistrate/Collector, Haridwar to take a decision on the applications made by the petitioner on 25.9.2009 & 19.10.2009 (Annexure Nos. 2 and 3 to the writ petition). Prayer is innocuous. The Collector/District Magistrate, Haridwar is directed to take a decision on the applications made by the 3 petitioner on 25.9.2009 & 19.10.2009 ((Annexure Nos. 2 and 3 to the writ petition) expeditiously as far as possible. With the above observation, the writ petition is disposed of finally. The pending applications stand disposed of accordingly. (B.S. Verma, J.) 3.11.2009 RMY