1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO.13 OF 2010 In WRIT PETITION NO.6616 OF 2009 M/s.Sharp Industries : Appellant V/s. Sharp Industries Employees Union & Anr. : Respondents .... Mr.Santosh Shetty for the appellant. Ms Kranti L.C. i/b. Ms Gayatri Singh for respondent no.1. ... CORAM : J.N.PATEL, ACTING C.J. & B.R. GAVAI, J. DATE : JANUARY 21, 2010. P.C.: This Letters Patent Appeal arises out of the order passed by the learned single Judge dated 1.12.2009 rejecting the petition filed by the present appellant challenging the order dated 1.7.2009 passed by the Industrial Court rejecting an application filed by the appellant for amendment of the Written Statement. 2. Apart from the question as to whether the present appeal would be tenable, we find that there is no error or illegality in the jurisdiction exercised by the learned single Judge under Article 227 of the 2 Constitution. We also find that the present appeal is devoid of any merit. The pleadings which are sought to be incorporated by way of amendment are very much available in paragraph 8 of the Written Statement. The finding of the Industrial Court while rejecting the application for amendment is that the amendment sought to be incorporated was after a period of more than five to six years and was intended to protract the proceedings. The learned single Judge has concurred with the said finding recorded by the Industrial Court. In this view of the matter, no case is made out for interference by invoking the appellate jurisdiction. 3. Letters Patent Appeal stands dismissed. ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE B. R. GAVAI, J.