THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23769 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners challenge an award, dated 12.04.2005 passed by the Labour Court, Guntur in I.D.No.142 of 1999. The Labour Court granted a limited relief to the petitioners in the dispute raised under Section 2A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Labour appearing for respondent No.1 and Sri K.Nageswar Reddy, learned counsel for the 2nd respondent. Several contentions are urged on behalf of the petitioners. This Court is not inclined to entertain the writ petition for the reason that it is filed more than six years after the Labour Court passed the award. By any standard, six years is a period, which bars the institution of proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitutuon of India under laches. Stale matters cannot be permitted to be reopened in exercise of extraordinary original jurisdiction. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 24.08.2011 JSU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23769 of 2011 Date: 24.08.2011 JSU