IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN THURSDAY, THE 6TH JANUARY 2011 / 16TH POUSHA 1932 WP(C).No. 38380 of 2010(V) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- *MEZ IMPEX, XI/66 A.B, NORTH EDATHALA PO, ALUVA - 683 564, REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR HAJIRA MOHAMMEDALI. *CORRECTED: HAJIRA MOHAMMEDALI, PROPRIETOR, MEZ IMPLEX, XI/66 A, B, NORTH EDATHALA P.O., ALUVA THE NAME OF THE PETITIONER IS CORRECTED AS PER ORDER DATED 6.1.2011 IN I.A.No.220 of 2011. BY ADV. SRI.P.RAMAKRISHNAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE ASSISTANT LABOUR OFFICER, LABOUR OFFICE, ALUVA - 687 538. 2. THE DISTRICT LABOUR OFFICER, ERNAKULAM - 682 011. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.BASANT BALAJI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C).No.38380 of 2010 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 6th day of January, 2011 JUDGMENT The petitioner is an employer. His workers, four in number, had submitted applications before the Assistant Labour Officer, Aluva for registration as headload workers under Rule 26-A of the Kerala Headload Workers Rules. The registering authority, namely, the Assistant Labour Officer, rejected the said applications by Ext.P1 order dated 4.11.2010. Aggrieved thereby the petitioner had filed Ext.P2 appeal before the District Labour Officer, Ernakulam. In this writ petition the petitioner seeks a direction to the second respondent to consider Ext.P2 appeal and pass orders thereon within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 2. When the writ petition came up for hearing today Sri.P.Ramakrishnan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, submitted that the appellate authority heard the appeal on 4.1.2011 and that as the appeal has already been heard the appellate authority may be directed to pass orders on the appeal expeditiously. Sri.Basant Balaji, learned Government Pleader W.P(C).No.38380 of 2010 -:2:- appearing for the respondents, also concurred with the said submission. He also submitted that the District Labour Officer is the competent appellate authority. In such circumstances as Ext.P2 appeal has already been heard I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the second respondent to pass orders on the appeal pursuant to the hearing held by him on 4.1.2011 expeditiously and in any event within one month from today. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. ahg. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P(C).No.38380 of 2010 ---------------------------- JUDGMENT 6th January, 2011