THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.16269 of 2008 ORDER: 1 There is no representation for the petitioner. Heard the learned Government Pleader for Home and the learned counsel appearing for the respondents 8 and 9. Perused the record. 2 In this Writ Petition the petitioner who claims to be the Working President of Mahabobnagar District Palamoori Contract Labour Union, seeks a direction by way of Mandamus to the first respondent to issue immediate instructions to the respondents 2 to 7 to take preventive action to safeguard the lives of the members of the petitioner’s association and to order to expedite the investigation in Cr.No.94 of 2008 which is pending on the file of the seventh respondent. 3 It is the case of the petitioner that there is a Mahabobnagar District Palamoori Contract Labour Union for which the petitioner is the working president. It is stated that the members of the petitioner union belong to S.C and S.T community and they undertake contract labour works. It is stated that the 8th respondent is a sub-contractor and 9th respondent is the main contractor under whom they work. But they were not paid wages as notified under the Minimum Wages Act. It is stated that when the members of the petitioner Union were agitating for payment of minimum wages, the respondents 8 and 9 abused them by mentioning the caste and there is also a case registered in Cr.No.94 of 2008 under section 3 (vi) and (X) of S.C. and S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is the grievance of the petitioner that in view of the filing of the complaint, there is a danger to the lives of the members of the Union and as such it is obligatory on the part of the first respondent to issue instructions to safeguard the lives of the members of the petitioner Union and also to expedite the investigation in Cr.No.94 of 2008. 4 A detailed counter affidavit is filed by the District Collector, Mahaboobnagar District, who is the fourth respondent in the Writ Petition. In the counter affidavit, while denying all the allegations made by the petitioner, it is stated that Mahabobnagar District Palamoori Contract Labour Union is in the habit of filing false complaints and unnecessarily wasting the time of every organisation. It is also stated that with reference to the alleged Cr.No.94 of 2008, a final report is filed treating the case as “false”. 5 Though there is an allegation by the petitioner that there is a threat to the members of the petitioner Union, which is denied in the counter affidavit filed by the respondents, there is no material on record to show that really there is a threat to any of the members of the Union. As it is evident from the counter affidavit filed by the fourth respondent that investigation has already been completed in Cr.No.94 of 2008 and a final report has also been filed treating the complaint as false, and in view of the averment in the counter that the Mahabobnagar District Palamoori Contract Labour Union is in the habit of filing false complaints before various organisations, I do no find any merit in this Writ Petition for grant of a direction as prayed for. 6 In the result, the Writ Petition is dismissed as devoid of merit. No order as to costs. ----------------------- R.Subhash Reddy, J. 25.08.2011 Kvsn