JUDGMENT

RANGANATH MISRA, C.J.I. : —A letter petition received from the District Beedi Workers Union, Tirunelveli in the State of Tamil Nadu was created as an application under Art. 32 of the Constitution and notice was ordered initially to three factories referred to in the said letter and later to other beedi manufacturing units within the State. In the letter, complaint was made about manipulation of records regarding employees, non-payment of appropriate dues for work taken, failure to implement the provisions of the labour laws, prevalence of contract labour system etc. There is a connected petition also relating to the same subject matter with different ancillary reliefs covering employment of child labour and the non-implementation of the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966. We have considered it appropriate to deal with both the applications together.

2. This Court by an Order dated 24th October, 1989 appointed a social organisation by name Society for Community Organisation Trust (SOCCO) for making appropriate investigation and furnish a report to the Court. After the Report was received and circulated, the State Government of Tamil Nadu and the man