J.B. Pardiwala, J.—This writ-petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation is at the instance of a legal practitioner and has been filed for effective functioning of the Child Welfare Committee constituted under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’). The petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction upon the respondents to immediately take appropriate steps for effective functioning of the Child Welfare Committee constituted under Section 29 of the Act. The petitioner has also prayed for appropriate directions to the respondents to immediately stop keeping juveniles in need of care and protection in remand homes and set up an alternative Children’s Home across the State as required mandatorily under Section 34 of the Act. The petitioner has also prayed to pass necessary orders directing the respondents to immediately make payment of monetary compensation to the parents of all the juveniles, including the parents of juvenile Ajay Hirabhai Parmar, who was kept at the observation/remand home from April 17, 20