1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.109 OF 2008 Haridas Bapu More ...Petitioner. v. Kolhapur Institute of Technology Gokul Shirgaon and Anr. ...Respondents. Mr. Amit Borkar, adv. For the Petitioners. Mr.Suresh S. Pakale, adv. For the Respondent No.2. CORAM : J.H. BHATIA, J. DATED : 2nd February , 2010. P.C. 1 Rule. Heard forthwith. Matter is taken up for final hearing immediately. 2 The learned counsel for the parties concede that all the four matters were initially filed before the Labour Court but after the objection about the jurisdiction of the Labour Court was taken, complaints were withdrawn and fresh appeals were filed before the the Presiding Officer of the University and College Tribunal. By the common order dated 13.4.2007, the Presiding Officer of the University Tribunal dismissed all the appeals on the ground that there was inordinate delay. Against that order, the present petition has been filed 2 by one of the appellants. Admittedly another appellant Balu Bapu Kharate had also filed the writ petition no.110 of 2008 against the same order and by the order dated 16th October, 2008, this Court allowed that writ petition condoning the delay and directed the University and College Tribunal to register the appeal and to proceed to dispose of the appeal on its own merits. 3 Facts of the present case and those in writ petition no.110 of 2008 are similar except few dates. Therefore in my considered opinion, this petition may also be allowed for the reasons given in the writ petition no.110 of 2008. 4 For the reasons given in the writ petition no.110 of 2008, this petition is also allowed. Delay in filing appeal before the University and College Tribunal is hereby condoned and the University and College Tribunal shall register the appeal and proceed to dispose off the same on its own merits after hearing the parties. (J.H. BHATIA,J.)