IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 22ND JULY 2008 / 31ST ASHADHA 1930 WP(C).No. 20125 of 2008(U) ----------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- DEELUXE BOTTLES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED VII/764, BALASUBRAMANIA RICE MILL, CHULLIMADA, KANJIKODE, PALAKKAD - 678 021 REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR V.RAJAGOPAL. BY ADV. SRI.E.K.NANDAKUMAR SRI.A.K.JAYASANKAR A.K. SRI.K.JOHN MATHAI SRI.P.BENNY THOMAS SRI.ANIL D. NAIR RESPONDENTS: ----------------------- ASSISTANT LABOUR OFFICER, III CIRCLE, PALAKKAD. ADDITIONAL R2 - SRI. S. RAVIKUMAR, S/O. SIVARAMAN, 'KUNNEKADU' PUDUSSERY (P.O.), PALAKKAD. ADDITIONAL R3 - P.V.BABU, S/O NARAYANAN, PUTHIYA VEEDU, CHITTARIPARAMBA, KANNUR NOW RESIDING AT KAVITHA NIVAS, ALAMARAM, KANJIKODE P.O., PALAKKAD. ADDITIONAL R4 - S. SRULDAS AROKIASAMY S/O SAVARIMUTHU, POOLAMPARAKALAM, CHANDRAPURAM.P.O. WALAYAR, PALAKKAD - 678 624. R2, R3 AND R4 ARE IMPLEADED AS ADDITIONAL RESPONDENTS AS PER ORDER DATED 11/7/2008 IN I.A.8713/08. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. I.V.PREMOD ADV. SRI.SHAJI P.CHALY FOR R2-4 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.SIRI JAGAN, J ================== W.P(C)No. 20125 of 2008 ================== Dated this the 22nd day of July, 2008. J U D G M E N T The petitioner is an employer who intends to engage his own head load workers for doing loading and unloading work in their premises. For this purpose the head load workers engaged by him have to be registered under Rule 26A of the Kerala Head Load workers Rules. Respondents 2 to 4 are the workers so sought to be employed by the petitioner. They have filed Exts.P6, P7 and P8 applications for such registration. The petitioner seeks a direction to the 1st respondent to pass orders on Exts.P6 to P8 applications expeditiously. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader and the learned Counsel appearing for respondents 2 to 4. 3. When applications under Rule 26A are filed, the 1st respondent has a duty to consider and pass appropriate W.P(C)No. 20125 of 2008 - 2 - orders thereon expeditiously. In this case these applications were filed on 19.5.2008. 4. In the above circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider and pass orders on Exts.P6 to P8, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment after complying with the procedure prescribed in Rule 26A. The petitioner shall forward a certified copy of this judgment along with a copy of the writ petition to the 1st respondent for compliance. S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE rhs