76 Rights of the Vulnerable CHAPTER 8 A] Abolition of Bonded Labour and Child Labour 1) Bonded Labour 8.1 The Supreme Court had, in its order dated 11 November 1997, passed in writ petition (civil) No.3922 of 1985, requested the Commission to be involved in the monitoring of the implementation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. The order stated that 'the concerned authorities would promptly comply with the directions given by the NHRC in this regard.' The Commission has, since then, been monitoring the implementation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 through its Special Rapporteurs Shri K.R. Venugopal, IAS (Retd.) in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and Shri Chaman Lai in the carpet belt of Uttar Pradesh. Shri Chaman Lai has also been assisting the Member, Dr Justice K. Ramaswamy, in State-level reviews of the Bonded Labour and Child Labour situation. Dr Justice K. Ramaswamy has personally carried out district-level reviews in Andhra Pradesh, through visits to Warangal (29 September - 3 October 2001), Medak (23 - 26 June 2001), Nizamabad (10 -15 November 2001) and Hyderabad (31 January 3 February 2002). He has also carried out State-level reviews of the situation in Rajasthan (8 - 9 June 2001), Uttar Pradesh (7 July 2001), Orissa (3 - 4 November 2001) and Maharashtra (18 -19 January 2002). 8.2 The reviews conducted by Dr Justice K. Ramaswamy have indicated: NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION