1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 416 OF 2008 LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 416 OF 2008 LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 416 OF 2008 IN IN IN WRIT PETITION NO. 1919 OF 1997 WRIT PETITION NO. 1919 OF 1997 WRIT PETITION NO. 1919 OF 1997 Vishnu Kudke. .. Appellant. vs. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation through Division Traffic Officer, Nashik Division Head Office at Bombay. .. Respondent. Ms. Seema Sarnaik for Appellant. Mr. G.S. Hegde for Respondent. CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & CORAM: J.N. PATEL, & R.G. KETKAR, JJ. R.G. KETKAR, JJ. R.G. KETKAR, JJ. DATE: 26TH MARCH, 2009. DATE: 26TH MARCH, 2009. DATE: 26TH MARCH, 2009. P.C. . Heard. 2. The learned Single Judge has quashed and set aside the order passed by the Labour Court on the sole 2 ground that the reference made to the Labour Court under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was after a period of twelve years. 3. We do not find any error or illegality on the part of the learned Single Judge in interfering with the decision of the Labour Court as the very basis on which the dispute was entertained was the reference made by the Labour Commissioner who was approached after a period of twelve years by the appellant. Therefore, there is no merit in the Letters Patent Appeal. The same is dismissed. (J.N. Patel, J.) (J.N. Patel, J.) (J.N. Patel, J.) (R.G. Ketkar, J.) (R.G. Ketkar, J.) (R.G. Ketkar, J.)