tions involve health hazards too. Disposing of the writ petition, the Court, HELD: 1. Employment of children within the match facto- ries directly connected with the manufacturing process upto final production of match sticks or fireworks should not at all be permitted. They can, however, be employed in the process of packing which should be done in an area away from the place of manufacture to avoid exposure to accident. [520D-G]
2.They should be given at least 60 per cent of the prescribed minimum wage for an adult employee in the facto- ries doing the same job. [521A]
3.Under the Factories Act, there is a statutory re- quirement for providing facilities for recreation and medi- cal attention. The respondent State is directed to enforce these two aspects so that the basic requirements are attend- ed to. Attention may also be given to ensure provision of a basic diet to these children during the working period with a view to ensuring sound physical growth. Facilities for general education as also job orient- ed education should be made available to them and the school time should be so adjusted that employment is not affected. [521G-H]
4.The State shall take appropriate steps in the matter of creating the welfare fund and finalising the method of contribution and collection thereof by 1st January, 1991 so that the consolidated money would be available for imple- menting welfare schemes. [521E-F]
5.The State shah also ensure that every employee work- ing in these match factories is compulsorily insured for a sum of Rs.50,000. The premium for the insurance policy should be the liability of the employer to meet as a condi- tion of service. [522A-B]
6.A committee consisting of the District Judge of the area, the District Magistrate of the District, a public activist operating in the area, a representative of the employees and local labour officer to oversee all the direct ions of the Court. [522D] JUDGMENT: