WPMS No. 13 of 2005 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Mr. Abhishek Verma, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Sudhir Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sunil Upadhyaya, Advocate on behalf of Mr. B.D. Upadhyaya, Advocate for the respondents. The petitioner’s father died while in employment in the year 1991. An Application u/S 10 of the Workman Compensation Act was filed in the year 2004 after the creation of the State of Uttarakhand. There was a lapse of more than 13 years and an application u/S 5 of the Limitation Act was also filed to condone the delay in moving the application. This application was rejected by the Commissioner, Workman Compensation by the impugned order against which the present writ petition has been filed. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the opinion that there has been a considerable delay in approaching the Commissioner under the Workman Compensation Act. The incident occurred while the deceased was working in the U.P. Power Corporation. The State of Uttarakhand was formed in the year 2000 and, therefore, it is not appropriate that the Uttarakhand Power Corporation be saddled with the liability of contesting the litigation on this belated stage. This Court does not find any error in the impugned order. The writ petition is dismissed. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 16.06.2010 Shiv