JUDGMENT- M.L. PENDSE, J.:--The petitioner No. 1 are a company and are working as clearing and forwarding agents. The Maharashtra Legislature enacted the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and other Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the Act ) and the preamble sets out that the Act was for regulating the employment of unprotected manual workers employed in certain employment in the State of Maharashtra, to make provision for their adequate supply and proper and full utilization in such employments, and for matters connected therewith. Section 3 of the Act confers power upon the State Government to frame schemes in respect of unprotected workers in any scheduled employment or employments and the scheduled employments are set out in the schedule to the Act. The first item in the schedule is in respect of employment in iron and steel market or shops in connection with loading, unloading, stacking, carrying, weighing, measuring or such other work including work preparatory or incidental to such operations. In exercise of powers conferred under section 3 of the Act, the Government of Maharashtra had framed scheme Known as "The Bombay

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