ORDER:

The writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:

“...to issue a Writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not revising the contract work rate of the petitioner by including 1% towards labour cess in respect of payments made after 26.06.2007 pertaining to works allotted to the petitioner by revising the estimates as per U.O.Note No.4763/PFS/F8(A1)/98-4, Finance (W&P) Department dated 28-02-2008 and in deducting 1% labour cess from out of the payments made and being made to the petitioner after 26-06-2007 as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional and consequently, direct the respondents to include 1% towards labour cess for all the payments made to the petitioner after 26-06-2007 as per the said U.O.Note and also to forthwith release the amounts which were already recovered in this regard …”

2. When the matter is taken up for consideration, it is brought to the notice of this Court by the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Labour, learned Government Pleader for Finance and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Roads