IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 25713 of 2007 Between: B.V.Naik S/o.Bhamala Naik R/o.G.S.Thanda, Guddada Halli Gudibanda Mandal, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. Dharmavaram Depot, Dharmavaram, Anantapur District. 2 The Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Anantapur rep. by its Chairman-cum-Presiding Officer. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of certiorari after calling for the records relating to the award in I.D.No.172/2000, dt. 3.7.2003 on the ﬁle of the Industrial Tribunal c u m Labour Court at Anantapur which was published in the Gazette vide G.O.Rt.No.1658, dt. 27.8.2003 and quash the award and consequently direct the 1st respondent to reinstate thepetitioner into the service with all consequential beneﬁts in the interest of justice and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.D.GOWD Counsel for the Respondent No.: SMT.W.V.S.RAJESWARI The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.25713 of 2007 ORDER: This writ petition is directed against the award made in I.D.No.172 of 2000 dated 3.7.2003 on the ﬁle of the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Anantapur. There is no necessity of going into all the details. It is suﬃce to notice that the award was passed on 3.7.2003 and the writ petition was ﬁled on 27.11.2007 i.e. almost after 5 years of passing of the Award. I am of the opinion that writ petition is belated and suﬀers from irretrievable laches. Therefore, it is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 08-09-2008 Stp ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KURR}