CRWP/2587/2010 of RISHIPAL Vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS on 30 December 2010

In the High Court for the States of Pun jab and Haryana at Chandigarh.

Crl.W.P.No. 2587 of 2010 Decided on Dec 30,2010.Rishipal Petitioner vs.

State of Haryana & others Respondents.

CORAM:HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAINPresent:Mr.H.S.Baath, Advocate,for the petitionerRakesh Kumar Jain, J:(Oral)

Learned counsel for the petitioner, interalia, contends thatrespondent Nos.3 to 5 have kept the persons mentioned in para 5 of thepetition as bonded labour. He has referred to Section 12 of The BondedLabour System (Abolition) Act,1976 to contend that the District Magistratehas jurisdiction to make an inquiry in terms of Section 10 of the said Actabout the persons who are alleged to be kept as bonded labour. If afterinqury, it is found that any person is found to be enforcing the bondedlabour system or any other system of forced labour, he shall take actionforthwith. He further submits that the petitioner has already filed arepresentation to the District Magistrate,Bhiwani on 27.12.2010 (AnnexureP-1) and would be satisfied if the District Magistrate is directed to take adecision on the representation (Annexure P-1) within a time frame.

In view of the above submissions, the petition is disposed ofwith a direction to the District Magistrate,Bhiwani to take a decision on therepresentation (Annexure P-1) dated 27.12.2010 in accordance with lawwithin a period of 7 days from the date of presentation of this order.

Dec 30,2010RR

(Rakesh Kumar Jain) Judge