IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 14TH DECEMBER 2010 / 23RD AGRAHAYANA 1932 WP(C).No. 679 of 2010(H) ------------------------ PETITIONER: --------------- PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT FOREST TIMBER HEADLOAD AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION WITH REGISTRATION 04-04-06 AND AFFILIATION NUMBER 11829, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, MALAYALAPUZHA JYOTHISHKUMAR, INTUC OFFICE, THAZHAM.P.O, PATHANAMTHITTA. BY ADV. SRI.P.B.SAHASRANAMAN SRI.T.S.HARIKUMAR SRI.K.JAGADEESH RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPLE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE DISTRICT LABOUR OFFICER, PATHANAMTHITTA. 3. THE RANGE OFFICER, VADASSERIKARA FOREST RANGE, VADASSERIKARA, PATHANAMTHITTA. 4. THE ASSISTANT LABOUR OFFICER, RANNI. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.BASANT BALAJI FOR RESPONDENTS THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/12/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.T.RAVIKUMAR, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.679 of 2010 ------------------------------------------ Dated this the 14th day of December, 2010 JUDGMENT The petitioner is a registered trade union. This writ petition has been filed mainly with the following prayers:- “i. Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ order or direction directing the 2nd respondent to conduct a proper identification parade of the head load workers engaged in cutting and removing the forest timbers in the Forest Range of Vadasserikara; ii. Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ order or direction directing the 4th respondent to dispose of Exhibit P7, P8 & P9 as expeditiously as possible.” When this matter is taken up for consideration today prayer No.2 alone was pressed into service. As per the same the petitioner seeks a direction to the 4th respondent, the Assistant Labour Officer, Ranni to dispose of Exts.P7, 8 & 9. Exts.P7 to P9 would reveal that W.P.(C)No.679/2010 : 2 : the petitioner has already approached the 4th respondent calling upon him to conciliate on the dispute raised therein. The 4th respondent is competent to conciliate on the dispute raised as per Exts.P7 to P9. Therefore, without making any observation as to the merits of the contentions raised in this writ petition as also in Exts.P7 to P9, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 4th respondent to consider Exts.P7 to P9 and to conciliate on the dispute raised thereunder, in accordance with law, and to take further appropriate action based on the outcome of such conciliation expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of the judgment. C.T.RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE skj