Crl. W. P. No. 1391 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. W. P. No. 1391 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 25, 2011 Shankar Parshad .... Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Maharaj Kumar, Advocate for Rupinder Gambhir @ Gabbar Babu – respondent. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Application sent by Shankar Parshad to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of this Court has been treated as the instant Criminal Writ Petition and listed on judicial side. It is inter alia alleged in the application that Rupinder Gambhir @ Gabbar Babu – owner of N. B. C. Brick Kiln has forcibly and illegally kept 30 labourers and their children at his brick kiln compelling them to work as bonded labourers and has also not paid them wages for the last ten days. Pitiable conditions, in which the labourers and their families are being kept, have also been narrated in the application. Reply on behalf of respondent Rupinder Gambhir @ Gabbar Crl. W. P. No. 1391 of 2011 2 Babu, filed today in Court, is taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. Averments made in the application have been denied in the reply. It is also stated that labourers were paid their wages regularly and on 02.07.2011, all the labourers working at the brick kiln received all their dues and signed necessary receipt and then left the brick kiln to go back to their native place. It is also stated in the reply that Labour Inspector also visited brick kiln pursuant to direction of Deputy Commissioner and recorded statements of labourers, whereas petitioner Shankar Parshad and Manti Devi were not found at the brick kiln. The labourers stated before the Labour Inspector that Shankar Parshad – petitioner was not returning their money, which he owed to them. Notice issued to the petitioner for the preceding date of hearing has been received back unserved on account of incomplete address. Consequently, the petitioner cannot be served. In view of reply filed by the respondent, no further action or order is required in the instant Criminal Writ Petition, which is accordingly disposed of. August 25, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE