IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY WRIT PETITION No.13223 of 2006 Between: Pinniti Uttaramma. … Petitioner And The Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation/ Deputy Commissioner of Labour, R.R. District, Anjaiah Bhavan, Behind Devi Theatre, RTC X Roads, Hyderabad and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri K.Jagadishwar Reddy for Sri A.Rajasekhar Reddy Counsel for the respondents: None This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner is the mother of one P.Yadi Reddy, who died on 23-8-1996 while operating borewell machine belonging to one Sri A.Manohar Reddy, s/o.Laxmikesava Reddy. Claiming compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, the petitioner filed an application before respondent No.1 in the year 1997. The petitioner represented to respondent No.1 to make over her case to respondent No.2 in view of Circular No.G1/543/2001, which envisages transferring of the cases to the respective Assistant Commissioners of Labour. The grievance of the petitioner is that her application dated 20-12-1999 filed for transfer of the claim petition to respondent No.2 has been pending and no decision has been taken by respondent No.1. No counter-affidavit is filed by the respondents. In the view of this Court, respondent No.1 is not justified in not taking any decision on the representation of the petitioner for transfer of her claim petition to respondent No.2. If respondent No.1 thinks that such a transfer need not be made, he should have himself disposed of the case expeditiously. The Act is a welfare legislation and the claims under such a legislation cannot be kept pending for too long. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the claim petition of the petitioner either himself or by transferring the same to respondent No.2 within the earliest possible time, if not already disposed of and at any rate not exceeding three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:24-4-2009 MNR