ABOLITION OF CHILD LABOUR AND BONDED LABOUR : 71 servant/member of the Service shall employfor work any childbelow the age of14 years.' The States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim, THpnra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengai have also amended the Civil Services (Conduct) Rules concerning their employees. The States of Anmachal Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Meghalaya, Orissa, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh have informed the Commission that they are stili in the process of considering the recommendations of the Commission to amend the Rules. The States of Manipur, Nagaland and Rajasthan are yet to respond to the letters that have been written to them by the Commission. They are urged to do so at an early date. C] Abolition of Bonded Labour 7.11 In pursuance of the directions of the Supreme Court dated 11November 1997 in Writ Petition (Civil No.3922)M985, the Commission has been overseeing the implementation of the Bonded Labour Act in different parts oS the country. 1) Uttar Pradesh (a) Carpet Belt 7.12 Shri Chaman Lai, Special Rapporteur, continued to monitor the bonded labour and child labour situation inUttar Pradesh with particuiar focus on the districts of the carpet belt viz. Allahabad, Varanasi, Bhadoi, Mirzapur, Jaunpur and Sonebhadra, visiting the area in April-May 2000. Shri Justice J. S. Verma, Chairperson, held a meeting with the District Magistrates (DMs) of the six districts of the carpet belt in Varanasi on 11 June 2000 and reviewed the child labour situation in the region. Dr Justice K. Ramaswamy, Member of the Commission, who is monitoring work relating to the implementation of laws concerningbonded labour and child labour, visited the districts of Mirzapur, Bhadoi and Varanasi in October 2000 accompanied by the Special Rapporteur and held meetings with the district officials, representatives of the carpet manufacturers and householdunits, and office bearers of key NGOs working in the field of bonded labour and child labour. He also visited schools for children withdrawn from chUd labour in these districts and interacted with a Self Help Group ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001