National Campaign Committee For Central Legislation For Construction Labour (Ncccl) Coordinator Shri Subhash Bhatnagar vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Labour And Employment Labour Secretary

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 318/2006 NATIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FOR CENTRAL LEGISLATION ON CONSTRUCTION LABOUR (NCC CL)Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) (FOR DIRECTIONS) Date : 07-05-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shreeji Bhavsar, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR For Respondent(s) Union of India/ Mr. Maninder Singh, ASG CAG Mr. Rana Mukherjee, Sr. Adv. Mr. S. Wasim A. Qadri, Adv. Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Pranay Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Bharat Singh, Adv. Mr. Shalinder Saini, Adv. Mrs. Gunwant Dara, Adv. Ms. D. Hannah, Adv. Ms. Kasturika Kaumudi, Adv. Ms. Ekta Pradhan, Adv. Ms. S. Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kr. Vishwakarma, Adv. Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv.

ITEM NO.1 COURT NO.4 SECTION PIL-W

For States of

Andhra Pradesh Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv.

Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Adv.

Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR

	Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv.
Assam	Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.<br>Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M, Adv.<br>Mr. Debojit Borkakati, Adv.<br>Mr. M. Bala Shivudu, Adv.<br>for M/s. Corporate Law Group
Arunachal Pradesh	Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Bihar	Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR<br>Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv.
Chhattisgarh	Mr. Jugal Kishore Gilda, Adv. Gen.<br>Mr. A.P. Mayee, Adv.<br>Mr. Avnish M. Oza, Adv.<br>Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv.
Goa	Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, ASG<br>Ms. Mayuri Nayyar Chawla, Adv.<br>Mr. S.S. Rebelo, Adv.<br>Mr. P.S. Sudheer, Adv.<br>Ms. Shruti Jose, Adv.
Gujarat	Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR<br>Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv.<br>Ms. Vishakha, Adv.<br>Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv.
Haryana	Dr. Monika Gusain, Adv.<br>Mr. Piyush Hans, Adv.<br>Ms. Manpreet Kaur Bhalla, Adv.
H.P.	Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
J&K	Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv.<br>Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.<br>Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
Jharkhand	Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, AOR
Karnataka	Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR<br>Mr. Parikshit P. Angadi, Adv.
Kerala	Mr. G. Prakash, Adv.<br>Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv.<br>Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv.<br>Mrs. Beena Prakash, Adv.<br>Mr. Vijay Shankar V.L., Adv.

Madhya Pradesh	Mr. Mishra Saurabh, Adv.
Maharashtra	Mr. Mahaling Pandarge, AAG<br>Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, Adv.
Manipur	Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani, Adv.<br>Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv.
Meghalaya	Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR<br>Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv.<br>Mr. Subhro Sanyal, Adv.
Mizoram	Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR
Nagaland	Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR<br>Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. K.Luikang Michael, Adv.<br>Mr. Hoineithiam, Adv.
Odisha	Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR
Punjab	Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
Rajasthan	Mr. S.S. Shamshery, AAG<br>Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv.<br>Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv.<br>Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.
Sikkim	Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.<br>Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.<br>Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv.<br>for M/s Arputham Aruna & Co.
Tamil Nadu	Mr. Anil V. Katarki, Adv.<br>Mr. Anil C. Nishani, Adv.<br>Mr. T.R.B. Sivakumar, Adv.
Telangana	Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv.<br>Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
Tripura	Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR<br>Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Uttar Pradesh	Mr. Rohit K. Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv.
Uttarakhand	Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR

	Mr. Ashutosh Kr. Sharma, Adv.
West Bengal	Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv.<br>Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Harsh Hiroo Gursahani, Adv.<br>Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv.<br>Mr. Amit Verma, Adv.<br>For M/s PLR Chambers & Co.
A&N Islands	Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.<br>Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.<br>Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
Delhi	Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR<br>Mrs. Mahima C. Shroff, Adv.
Puducherry	Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR<br>Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.<br>Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv.
	Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR
	Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR
	Mr. Arun K. Sinha, AOR
	Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, AOR
	Mr. B. S. Banthia, AOR
	Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR
	Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
	Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, AOR
	Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR
	Mr. Shrish Kumar Misra, AOR
	Mrs. Nandini Gore, AOR
	Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, AOR
	Mr. T. Harish Kumar, AOR
	Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, AOR
	Ms. Radha Rangaswamy, AOR

Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR Mr. Mohit Kumar Chopra, Adv . Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Varsha Singh, Adv. For Mr. A.K. Chopra, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Mr. U.P. Singh who is holding additional charge as Secretary, Labour in the Government of India is present in the Court today pursuant to our order dated 1.05.2018.

It is stated that an Office Memorandum has been issued on 24.04.2018 constituting a Committee for formulation of an Action Plan and a Model Scheme for Welfare of building and other construction workers. The composition of the Committee is as follows:

1. Joint Secretary and Director General (Labour Welfare) Chairman

2. Region-wise Representatives from the State Governments

(i) North – Principal Secretary, Labour, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh Member (ii) South - Principal Secretary, Labour, Govt. of Telangana Member (iii) East – Principal Secretary, labour, Govt. of Odisha Member (iv) West – Principal Secretary, Labour, Govt. of Maharashtra Member (v) North East – Principal Secretary, Labour, Govt.of Assam Member

3. A representative of Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh

4. A representative of CREDAI

5. A representative of National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour

6. A representative of ILO

The Committee has been advised to submit a draft report in one

month's time from the date of its constitution. That time expires on 24.05.2018.

We expect the Committee to adhere to the schedule considering that the amount involved in this case is about Rs.30,000 crores which is due to poor people who are engaged in building and other construction work. Therefore, there has to be some urgency in the matter and the entire exercise cannot be taken up in a casual manner. The draft report must be completed positively on or before 1 st June, 2018.

It is further stated that the draft Model Scheme for the welfare of building and construction workers is almost ready and is likely to be circulated to the stake holders within this week.

We have advised Mr. Singh to place it on the portal of the Ministry of Labour so that comments can be invited from the general public as well.

List the matter on 3rd July, 2018 for compliance.

The Secretary, Labour need not be present in the Court on the next date of hearing.

(MEENAKSHI KOHLI) (KAILASH CHANDER) COURT MASTER COURT MASTER