IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13850 of 2010 Date of Decision : August 06, 2010. Devi Dayal and others .....Petitioners versus Union of India and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Parminder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners claim themselves to be Contract Workers employed under the banner of a Trade-Union known as “Bhartiya Khadiya Nigam Mazdoor Sangh” and are stated to be working as such in the Food Storage Depot/Rail Head of the Food Corporation of India (for short `the FCI'), Tarawari, District Karnal since the year 1990. Besides alleging that the FCI and its authorities are acting contrary to the notification issued by the Central Government under the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 (for short `the Act'), they also claim regularization of their services as Contract Labour. In this regard, the petitioners are said to have approached the F.C.I. Authorities vide representation dated 7.4.2010 (Annexure P-6) but without any response thereto. C.W.P.No .13850 of 2010 2 In my considered view, the more appropriate option for the petitioners would have been to approach the concerned authorities under the Act for redressal of their grievances. Nevertheless, since the petitioners are said to have made a self-speaking representation in their capacity as office bearers of the Trade-Union, the third respondent is directed to dispose of the petitioners' pending claim as contained in the aforesaid representation dated 7.4.2010 (Annexure P-6), by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. August 06, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE