The Delhi Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (DBOCWWB) told the High Court of Delhi that it is even accepting ninety days employment certificate issued by the registered construction workers union as sufficient documents as the present address of proof for renewal of registration of workers in Delhi.
A division bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi & Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar observed that it is possible that the address contained in such a certificate may not correctly reflect the “present address” of the applicant construction worker & therefore, the bench suggested that in case the applicant wishes to provide his present address – apart from providing an address which is reflected in one or more of the sixteen documents enlisted, the Board should accept the said “present address” of the applicant without requiring any further proof.
The Board said that it would reply on the same on the next date of hearing. The Court listed the matter for further hearing on July 30.
The Court reiterated that the applications should not be rejected only on account of the bank particulars not disclosing the facility of online banking.
The Court said that “However, the applicant should be made aware that he would not be able to receive the funds unless he provides the MICR/ IFSC details. It should be possible for the applicant to update these particulars even at a later stage, i.e. after submission of form for registration/renewal & its grant. It goes without saying that no applicant would fail in providing such particulars, since it would be in his own interest to provide MICR/ IFSC details, without which, he would not receive the amounts disbursed by the Board”.
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The court noted that a large number of applications for fresh registration, as well as for renewals, are still pending. The Court said that the pendency of these applications means that a large workforce of building workers – who may be entitled to receive the ex gratia amount disbursed by the Board, are being denied the said amounts in these trying times.
The Court was hearing a petition filed by activist Sunil Kumar Aledia through advocate Shiven Varma seeking to provide relief & all mandated benefits to workers & migrant labourers & also sought an order directing the respondents & concerned authorities to ensure that all the construction workers whose names have been filed by construction companies & employers with the Labour Department are promptly registered as beneficiaries under the Building & other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment & Conditions of Service) Act (BOCW Act).
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