IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4764 OF 2007 Solapur District Labour Societies Co-operative Federation Ltd. & Ors. .. Petitioners V/s State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents Mr.P.M. Pradhan for the petitioners. Mr.P.M. Patil, A.G.P for the respondents. CORAM : S.B. MHASE & D.G. KARNIK, JJ. DATE : 3RD JULY 2007 P.C. P.C. P.C. : . Heard. 2. By this petition, the Government Resolution dated 8th May 2007 is challenged. By this Resolution, the works of the village development and watershed programmes, which are to be carried out under tripartite system of the Panchayat Raj, are to be carried out by the Labour Contract Societies and unemployed engineers. Since unemployed engineers have been included in this category along with the Labour Contract Societies, the petitioners have contended that it is not a proper classification and, therefore, the said Government Resolution to the extent of inclusion of unemployed engineers be struck down. - 2 - 3. The Government Resolution is in respect of the works of village development and watershed programmes to be carried out in the villages and with what agency the said works should be carried out has been decided by the Government. It is a decision pertaining to the policy of the Government. Apart from that, the Labour Contract Societies have been considered along with the unemployed engineers. The Labour Contract Societies consist of the labourers and so as to have a collective bargaining, the societies have been constituted. However, they are also unemployed and unprotected workers, to whom protection have been provided by offering them works. Unemployed graduates and unemployed engineers, who are also termed as labourers, are required to be provided for their livelihood and the Government should consider them for the purposes of getting certain Government works and that is a policy decision. The Government is supposed to provide work to all classes of workers and citizens and if we look at it from that angle, there is no violation either of Article 14 and/or Article 19 of the Constitution of India. It is not an improper classification of workers. We refrain to entertain the petition. The petition is hereby rejected. (D.G. KARNIK, J.) (S.B. MHASE, J.)