IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN MONDAY, THE 31ST JANUARY 2011 / 11TH MAGHA 1932 WP(C).No. 2113 of 2011(L) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. REKHA UNNI,W/O.UNNIKRISHNAN, KONIPARAMBIL HOUSE, PO M.G.KAVU,THRISSUR. 2. ANNI PAUL,W/O.PAUL RAJAN, THEKKEKARA HOUSE,KOZHIKUNNU, PO M.G.KAVU,THRISSUR. 3. SREEJA BABU,W/O.BABU, VANIYIDATH HOUSE, POTTOR,THIROOR. 4. SKY STAR WONDER WORLD OPP: ADAM BAZAR, RICE BAZAR ROAD,THRISSUR 680 001, REP.BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER RAJEEV JOSEPH. BY ADV. SRI.DEEPU THANKAN SMT.G.RANJITA RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE ASSISTANT LABOUR OFFICER,FIRST CIRCLE, CHEMBUKAVU,THRISSUR DISTRICT 680 020. 2. KERALA HEAD LOAD WORKERS WELFARE FUND DISTRICT COMMITTEE, THRISSUR,REP.BY ITS CHAIRMAN. ADV. SRI.KOSHY GEORGE, SC, KHLWWB FOR R2 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ----------------------------------------- W.P(C).No.2113 of 2011 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 31st day of January, 2011 JUDGMENT Petitioners 1 to 3 claim to be headload workers employed by the 4th petitioner. The grievance voiced by the petitioners in this writ petition is that though more than four months have passed after petitioners 1 to 3 submitted Exts.P1 to P3 applications for registration under rule 26A of the Kerala Headload Workers Rules, 1981 before the first respondent, till date orders have not been passed thereon. In this writ petition the petitioners seek a direction to the first respondent to consider Exts.P1 to P3 and register them as headload workers in the establishment of the 4th petitioner and issue identity cards to them within a time limit to be fixed by this Court. 2. Exts.P1 to P3 disclose that the originals thereof were presented before the first respondent on 18.8.2010. Nearly five months have passed thereafter. In such circumstances I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the first respondent to consider Exts.P1 to P3 applications and pass orders thereon, if till W.P(C).No.2113 of 2011 -:2:- date orders have not been passed thereon and the applications are pending, expeditiously and in any event within one month from today after notice to and affording the petitioners and the second respondent an opportunity of being heard. P.N.RAVINDRAN, Judge. ahg. P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. --------------------------- W.P(C).No.2113 of 2011 ---------------------------- JUDGMENT 31st January, 2011