IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 45 of 2005 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 17/09/2004 in WP NO : 11099 OF 1998 on the file of the High Court.) Between: Shaik Bhadruddin, S/o. Mahaboob Ali, R/o. Huzurabad, Karimnagar District. ..... APPELLANT AND 1 The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District. 2 The Superintending Engineer-Operations A.P.State Electricity Board, Karimnagar. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant: MR.B.SHIVA KUMAR Counsel for Respondent No.1: GOVERNMENT PLEADER FOR LABOUR Counsel for Respondent No.2 : MR.S.RAVINDRANATH The Court made the following ORDER: (per SAR,J) Against the same award, the management had earlier filed Writ Petition No.9247 of 1991 and the same was dismissed on 16.1.1997. Thereafter, the petitioner also filed another writ petition in W.P.No.11099 of 1998 challenging the very same award and the same came up for consideration before a learned single Judge of this Court and the learned single Judge dismissed the said writ petition holding thus: “It is clear that at every stage there was lapse on the part of the petitioner-workman in approaching appellate authority, labour Court and also in approaching this Court. Since the writ petition itself is filed after more than eight and half years and as there are no valid grounds explaining the laches on the part of the petitioner, I am of the opinion that there is no need to interfere with the impugned award passed by the labour Court, which had earlier become final in the writ petition No.9247 of 1991 filed by the second respondent- Board.” In view of the above findings of the learned single Judge, we do not find any reason to interfere with the impugned order. Therefore, the writ appeal fails and the same is accordingly dismissed. No costs. (T.MEENA KUMARI, J) (S.ANANDA REDDY, J) DT:24.01.2005 bsv/lvl To 1 The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District. 2 The Superintending Engineer-Operations A.P.State Electricity Board, Karimnagar. 3 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Labour, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 4. Two CD copies