The Madras High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to the respondents to take appropriate steps to recognize Carpenter, Blacksmith, Sculptor, Goldsmith and Artisans as Viswakarmas and to issue ID card and certificate under P.M.Viswakarma Yojana project scheme by following orders of the Government of India issued in 1993 by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension (Department of Personal and Training).
The PIL is filed by an Advocate.
Earlier, the association had filed the petition. In the said petition, the High Court had observed that if an individual comes before the Court , the Court will consider the case of the individual.
In case an Artisan files a petition, the Court will consider the case of the Artisan independently or the Artisan could also file a petition on behalf of other Artisans as public interest litigation. In that event, the Court will consider the grievance of those persons.
With the above observations, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice J. Sathya Narayana Prasad disposed of the petition.