WP/7477/2010 : 1 : vss IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7477 OF 2010 The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Petitioners V/s. Shri Vijay Dattoba More & Ors. ... Respondents Mr.P.B. Sawant, AGP `B' Panel, for Petitioners CORAM: SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED: NOVEMBER 16, 2010 P.C.: 1. This petition has been filed against the order passed by the Industrial Court on 28.8.2008. No explanation worth the name has been stated in the petition for the delay of two years in filing the petition. The only reason given is that certain administrative decisions were to be taken and, therefore the petition was not filed expeditiously. This can hardly be a reason for the delay in filing the present petition and the petition is liable to be dismissed on this ground alone. 2. Apart from the extra-ordinary delay, there is no merit in the petition. A complaint was filed by a group of workers employed with the Dairy Development department of the Government of Maharashtra. The petitioners do not dispute that the respondents were working in an industry. A complaint was filed under Item 9 of Schedule IV by the Respondent workmen contending that the petitioners had WP/7477/2010 : 2 : revoked the benefits of a higher payscale granted to the workmen without following the principles of law. The Industrial Court has allowed the complaint on the ground that a hearing ought to have been granted to the workmen before the payscale was revoked, by relying on the judgment in the case of Nandkishor Sharma and Ors. vs. State of Bihar & Ors., 1995 Supp. (3) SCC 722. 3. The Industrial Court has not committed any error by concluding that the recovery of the amounts from the workmen was illegal. 4. Petition is therefore dismissed.