The presence of metal ions in final industrial effluent is extremely undesirable, as they are toxic to both lower and higher organisms. Under certain environmental conditions, metals may accumulate to toxic levels and cause ecological damage of the important metals, mercury, lead ,cadmium, Arsenic, and chromium,(VI) regarded as toxic, but their extensive usage and increasing levels in the environment are serious concerns. various techniques have been employed for the treatment of metal bearing industrial effluents, which usually include precipitation, adsorption, ion exchange, membrane and electrochemical technologies. But these techniques are expensive,not environment friendly and usually dependent on the concentration of the waste which are in effective in very diluted solutions. Therefore, the search for efficient ,eco-friendly and cost effective remedies for waste water treatment has been initiated. Biosorption can be an effective technique for the treatment of heavy metal bearing waste water resulting from human and industrial activities. biosorption can be effective technique for the treatment of heavy metal bearing waste water resulting from human and industrial activities. several bioadsorbents have the ability to remove the heavy metals and thereby making water contaminant free. It has been reported that the spent tea leaves adsorbed the lead was more than the cadmium. in the present study the biosorption of heavy metals using the tea leaves and parameters affecting the biosorption of heavy metals; such as time, pH, Dosage, rpm, mesh size have been investigated. The present study shows that 75% of biosorpyion of lead and 69% of cadmium was observed. The time taken for maximum sorption of lead was 3 hrs. The optimum mesh size was 150 and rpm was found to be 200