( 1 ) THERE are many enactments in this country intended to serve the purpose of extending welfare measures to the working class. Merely enacting laws would not be an adequate protection or extension of a necessary benefit. Such laws have to be implemented with a sense of commitment. That largely depends on who apply the law and how they handle it. That also depends quite often on the degree of efficiency of the persons administering the law and the capacity to take decisions one way or the other expeditiously. Time is of the essence and delay will destroy the advantage conceived by extention of the benefits of such welfare measures.

( 2 ) WE are tempted to preface this judgment with these remarks because of the stand taken by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner of the Gujarat State in regard to meeting the claims of the dependents of 129 deceased workmen who were working in the textile mills at Ahmedabad. Whatever might have been the stand taken by the respondent earlier at least after issue of notice a different stand if taken could have been appreciated but the respondent has chosen to contest the petition.

( 3 ) THE point for our determination is quite simpl