IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.24077 of 2008 Between: Laxmi Rajam S/o. Nagamallu, R/o. Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Industrial Tribunal Cum Labour Court-Hyderabad, Rep. by its Presiding Officer. 2 The Chief General Manager, M/s. Singareni Collieries Company Limited, (A Government Company) Ramgundam Area-I, Karimnagar District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order, direction or writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of CERTIORARI and after calling for the records in L.C.I.D. No.191 of 2003 on the ﬁle of the Industrial Tribunal Cum Labour Court at Hyderabad and quash the Award dated 27th September, 2004 and consequently direct the respondents to reinstate the petitioner into service with continuity of service, backwages and all other attendant benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for Respondent No.1: GP FOR LABOUR Counsel for Respondent No.2: MR. N. KRISHNA RAO The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.24077 OF 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled challenging the award dated 27.09.2004 passed in L.C.I.D.No.191 of 2003 on the ﬁle of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court at Hyderabad, whereunder the claim petition ﬁled by the petitioner, under Section 2-A (2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, questioning his dismissal from service, was dismissed. There is no necessity of going into all the details. It is suﬃce to notice that the impugned award was passed on 27.09.2004 and it is more than four years since the said award was passed. There is no plausible explanation from the petitioner for the inordinate delay caused in approaching this Court. The writ petition suﬀers from irretrievable laches and is, therefore, liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 5th November, 2008. IBL