HC directs govt to consider plea by document writers assn

The Madras High Court today directed the Government to consider the plea of the Tamil Nadu Document and Copy Writers Association to form a welfare board for them within six weeks.
Justice R Mahadevan gave the direction to the inspector general of registration and principal secretary of the registration department on a plea by Kannan, general secretary of the association seeking constitution of a welfare board.
The Government had on October 28, 2010 issued an order for forming Document Writers Welfare Fund. An advisory committee under the tourism and registration department ministry was also formed.
A draft legal committee was also ordered to be formed by the Inspector General of registration for preparing the document writers welfare board draft act.

The Committee submitted its report in 2012.
However the welfare board had not been formed, Kannan submitted.
He submitted that he had sent a representation to the registration department secretary last year, but no action was taken, Kannan submitted.