W.P.No.25556 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 01.07.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN W.P.No.25556 of 2026 & W.M.P.Nos.27892 & 27893 of 2026 M/s Matrix Labs Diagnocare Private Limited Through its Authorised Representative Having its registered office at S.No.114/13A, 13B, 12B, 12A2 Ponniamman Koil Street, Noombal, Poonamallee Taluk, Chennai Tamil Nadu 600 077. Petitioner(s) Vs 1. Union of India Through the Secretary Ministry of Labour & Employment Having its office at Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg New Delhi 110 001. 2. Director General, Labour Welfare Ministry of Labour & Employment Having its office at Shram Shakti Bhawan Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110 001. _________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.25556 of 2026 3. State of Maharashtra Through its Principal Secretary (Labour) Industries, Energy Labour and Mining Department Having its office at 1st Floor, Annex Building, Mantralaya Madam Cama Road, Mantralaya Mumbai 400 032. 4. Maharashtra Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board Through its Secretary Having its office at MMTC House, 5th Floor, Plot No C-22 Block H, Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (East), Mumbai 40 0 051. 5. HSCC (India) Limited through its Managing Director A 100% Subsidiary of NBCC (India) Limited under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Having its registered office at 205 (2nd Floor), East End Plaza Plot No. 4, LSC, Centre II Vasundhara Enclave, New Delhi 110096. 6. Trinity Enterprises International Limited Formerly known as S2 Infotech International Limited through its Directors having its registered office at 5th Floor, Trade World, Senapati Bapat Road Kamla Mill Compound, Lower Parel Mumbai – 400013. Respondent(s) Prayer : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Declaration declaring that any provision of the _________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.25556 of 2026 Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Central Rules, 1998, insofar as the same purport to confer upon the Welfare Board any power to discontinue, withdraw, abandon or permanently suspend an approved welfare scheme funded out of the Welfare Fund without express statutory sanction under the BOCW Act, 1996, are ultra vires to the Sections 22, 24 and 62 of the Act and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 47 of the Constitution of India, 1950, and consequently void and unenforceable to that extent. For Petitioner(s): Mr.Dama Seshadri Naidu Senior Counsel For Mr.Hari Radhakrishnan For Respondent(s): Mr.AR.L.Sundaresan Additional Solicitor General Assisted by Mr.V.Chandrasekaran Senior Panel Counsel for R1 & R2 ORDER (Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice) As we have no jurisdiction to entertain this writ petition, learned Senior Counsel seeks permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to approach the appropriate High Court, in accordance with law. _________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.25556 of 2026 2. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, the interim applications are also dismissed. (SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI,CJ) (G.ARUL MURUGAN,J) 01.07.2026 kpl To 1. Union of India Through the Secretary Ministry of Labour & Employment Having its office at Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg New Delhi 110 001. 2. Director General, Labour Welfare Ministry of Labour & Employment Having its office at Shram Shakti Bhawan Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110 001. 3. State of Maharashtra Through its Principal Secretary (Labour) Industries, Energy Labour and Mining Department Having its office at 1st Floor, Annex Building, Mantralaya Madam Cama Road, Mantralaya Mumbai 400 032. _________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.25556 of 2026 THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND G.ARUL MURUGAN,J. (kpl) W.P.No.25556 of 2026 01.07.2026 _________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis