IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH FEBRUARY 2011 / 27TH MAGHA 1932 WP(C).No. 3839 of 2011(D) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- 1. NAVAS, AGED 37 YEARS, S/O. ABDULLA, CHAKKARIDUKKU HOUSE, DIKKAR KHANA ROAD, KOCHI-2. 2. SHIHAB, AGED 24 YEARS, S/O. NAZAR, 13/1127, AMBALAPPARAMBU HOUSE, CHULLIKKAL, KOCHI-5. BY ADV. SRI.P.K.RAVISANKAR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. KERALA HEADLOAD WORKERS WELFARE BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695039. 2. KERALA HEADLOAD WORKERS WELFARE BOARD, COCHIN PORT TRUST AREA COMMITTEE, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, WILLINGDON ISLAND,KOCHI-682003. 3. CONVENER, KERALA HEADLOAD WORKERS WELFARE BOARD, COCHIN PORT TRUST AREA COMMITTEE, WILLINGDON ISLAND, KOCHI-682003. BY ADV. SRI.KOSHY GEORGE, SC, KHLWWB FOR R1 TO R3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/02/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: P.N. RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.3839 of 2011 ------------------------------- Dated this the 16th day of February, 2011 J U D G M E N T The petitioners are near relations of two registered headload workers who are presently incapacitated to do headload work due to various ailments. It is stated that the said headload workers have recommended the registration of the petitioners as headload workers in terms of paragraph 6C of the Kerala Headload Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Scheme, 1983 and that the petitioners have submitted Exts.P2 and P4 applications before the second respondent seeking registration as headload workers in terms of paragraph 6C of the scheme. It is stated that along with the originals of said applications, Exts.P1 and P3 medical certificates were also produced. In this writ petition, the petitioners seek a direction to the respondents to consider Exts.P2 and P4 applications and register them as headload workers in terms of paragraph 6C of the Kerala Headload Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Scheme, 1983. 2. Sri.Koshy George, the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents submitted on instructions that the originals of Exts.P2 and P4 applications have been received, that the W.P.(C) No.3839 of 2011 2 second respondent is the competent authority to take a decision in the matter and that the second respondent will consider the applications and pass orders thereon expeditiously. In the light of the said submission and having regard to the fact that the scheme contemplates registration of headload workers on compassionate grounds, I dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the second respondent to consider Exts.P2 and P4 applications and pass appropriate orders thereon, after following the procedure prescribed in the Kerala Headload Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Scheme, 1983 expeditiously and in any event within two months from the date on which the petitioners produce a copy of this judgment before the Chairman of the Cochin Port Area Committee of the Kerala Headload Workers Welfare Board. P.N. RAVINDRAN, JUDGE. nj.