-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2418 OF 2001 The Clearing & Forwarding Unprotected Dock Labour Board ...Petitioner versus The Collector of Mumbai and others ... Respondents. Ms. Lata S. Desai for the petitioner. Ms. M. Kajale, AGP, for the State. CORAM: P.B. MAJMUDAR & R.M. SAVANT, JJ. DATE: JUNE 25, 2009. P.C. The petitioner in this petition seeks direction to respondent No.1 to take immediate steps to recover the amount of Rs. 82,05,295/- together with interest from respondent Nos. 2 to 6. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that respondent No.2 is a registered employer and is utilizing the services of the registered Mathadi workers of the Petitioner Board. Respondent No.2 failed to remit the wages and levy in respect of the mathadi workers starting from March, 1996 to May, 1996. The petitioner Board determined the amount due from respondent No.2 as per the provisions of Section 13 of the Maharashtra Mathadi Hamal and other Manual Workers (Regulation of Employer and Welfare) Act,1969. It is the case of the petitioner that respondent No.2 failed to remit levy in respect of the mathadi workers for -2- the period December, 1999 to January, 2000. The Petitioner Board accordingly determined an amount of Rs. 82,05,295/- as the amount payable by respondent No.2 under Section 13 of the said Act. The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.1 has failed to take any action for recovery of the amount due in question from respondent No.2. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that during the pendency of this petition, respondent No.2 has paid an amount of Rs. 42,00,000/- . According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, still remaining amount is required to be recovered. If any amount is outstanding from respondent No.2, appropriate proceedings may be taken for recovery of the same by respondent No.1 and for that purpose property of respondent No.2 is required to be attached. Respondent No.1 is directed to take appropriate proceedings in this behalf to recover the remaining amount from respondent No. 2. If any property of respondent No.2 is situate within the jurisdiction of the Collector, Mumbai Suburban Distrtict, then the Collector, Mumbai Suburban District is directed to take appropriate proceedings to recover the remaining amount from respondent No. 2 within a period of six months from today. It is pointed out by the learned Assistant Government Pleader that part of the property is now situate within the jurisdiction of Collector, Mumabi Suburban District. -3- 4. Rule is made absolute to the aforesaid extent. Petitioner to send a copy of this order to the concerned Collector, Mumbai Suburban Districct with a view to see that appropriate action is taken for recovery of the amount due from respondent No.2. P. B. MAJMUDAR, J. R.M. SAVANT, J.