WP/2047/2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2047 OF 2010 The President, Satara City Municipal Council, Satara & Anr. ... Petitioners V/s. The President, Satara Zilla General Worker Union, Satara & Anr. ... Respondents Mr. P.B. Shah for the Petitioners. Mr. Manmath S. Athalye for Respondent No.1. Mr. Sanjay Sinha for Respondent No.2. CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE : 17 TH JANUARY, 2011. P.C. : 1. This Writ Petition has been filed against an order passed by the Industrial Court, Satara on 8th April, 2003 in Complaint (ULP) No.28 of 1996. The Petition has been filed only on 8th March, 2010, approximately after seven years. The reason stated in the Petition for approaching the Court late is that the concerned employee who was in charge of the proceedings had been transferred and, therefore, nobody kept track of the matter. 2. In my opinion, this is not a sufficient reason for entertaining the Petition after seven years. The petitioner No.1 is a Municipal Council and not an individual employer. Several persons are employed for its smooth functioning and, therefore, the reason given by the petitioners for the delay in filing the Petition is unacceptable. 3. The Writ Petition is rejected.