IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 22ND AUGUST 2008 / 31ST SRAVANA 1930 WP(C).No. 19935 of 2008(W) ------------------------------------ PETITIONER : ---------------- VYAPARI VYAVASAYI EKOPANA SAMITHI. VARAPUZHA, REG.NO.ER.510/05(TOWN UNIT) VII/261 VARAPUZHA 68351 REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY, SHRI BAIJU THALIATH, AGED 41, S/O.T.U.PAUL. BY ADV. SRI.R.T.PRADEEP SRI.V.VIJULAL RESPONDENTS : ------------------- 1. THE REGIONAL JOINT LABOUR COMMISSIONER, ERNAKULAM 2. THE WORKMENS COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER, KOTTAYAM 3. CHAIRMAN, KERALA HEAD LOAD WORKERS WELFARE BOARD, LOCAL COMMITTEE, NORTH PARAVUR. 4. KERALA VYAPARI VYAVASAYI EKOPANA SAMITHY REP. BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY, VARAPUZHA UNIT. 5. CITU, AITUC, INTUC, AND BMS., REP. BY SAMYUKTHA HEAD LOAD WORKERS COUNCIL VARAPUZHA, REP. BY POOL LEADER, POOL NO.1 KERALA HEAD LOAD WORKERS WELFARE BOARD, VARAPUZHA. WP(C).No. 19935 of 2008(W) 6. THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BY ADV. SRI.K.BALACHANDRAN (MANGALATH) - R5 SRI.RAJESH NAIR - R5 SRI.PHILIP T.VARGHESE - R4 SRI.THOMAS T.VARGHESE - R4 GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.N.SUDHA DEVI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 22/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WP(C).No. 19935 of 2008(W) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS :- EXT.P1: TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 10.06.2008 BY DISTRICT LABOUR OFFICER EXT.P2: TRUE COPY OF THE APPEAL DATED 27.06.2008 -TRUE COPY- P.A. TO JUDGE pac S.SIRI JAGAN, J ================== W.P(C)No.19935 of 2008 ================== Dated this the 22nd day of August, 2008. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is aggrieved by failure on the part of the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2 appeal against Ext.P1 order under the Kerala Head Load Workers Act and Rules. At the relevant time when the petitioner filed this writ petition the office of the 1st respondent was lying vacant. Now the learned Government Pleader submits that the post of 1st respondent has been filled up and an appropriate officer is in place. In the above circumstances, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Ext.P2, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. If the petitioner files an application for interim orders, the same shall be heard on 5.9.2008 on which the date the parties shall be present for hearing. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE rhs