1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH, JAIPUR. O R D E R S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION No.3297/2004. : : Mangi Lal Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. : : Date of Order 25.8.2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Mr.Yogesh Kumar Sharma for the petitioner. Mr.Ashok Gaur for the respondents No.3 & 4. Mr.B.L.Awasthi, Addl.Govt.Counsel for the State. This writ petition seeks to challenge the order of Government dated 16.9.1995 whereby the Government declined to make a reference of the industrial dispute to the Labour Court on the ground that it this has been raised 8 years after the date of alleged retrenchment. The writ petition itself has been filed on 11.5.2004 whereas the Government refused to make reference vide order dated 16.9.1995. Apart from the fact that there was delay in approaching the Conciliation Officer, the petitioner has been negligent about his own rights in not even timely approaching this Court. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that 'orderly' come within the definition of workman and in this 2 connection cited judgment in the case of Ishwar Singh Vs. RSEB & Ors., which was decided on 16.5.2001. Whether 'orderly' is a workman or not, is not the reason on which the reference was refused to be made. Reference itself was declined on the ground of delay. Moreover, enormous delay has been caused by the workman even in filing the present writ petition against the refusal order. Law cannot come to the rescue of such litigant who is not vigilant to his own rights. In the result, this writ petition stands dismissed. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ)J. A.Arora/- Item No.46.