IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN FRIDAY, THE 20TH JUNE 2008 / 30TH JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 18612 of 2008(N) -------------------------- ID.28/1998 of LABOUR COURT, ERNAKULAM .................... PETITIONER: --------------- MARY K.V. WIFE OF VARGHESE, THEKKENATH, CHENGAMANADU, ALUVA. BY ADV. SRI.P.RAMAKRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: ------------------- 1. THE MANAGER, UNION TILE WORKS, CHENGAMANDA, ALUVA. 2. THE LABOUR COURT, ERNAKULAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. I.V. PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/06/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S. SIRI JAGAN, J. ------------------------------------ W.P.(C)No.18612 OF 2008 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 20th day of June, 2008 JUDGMENT The petitioner is challenging Ext.P1 award and Exts.P4 and P5 orders passed in I.D.No.28/98 of the Labour Court, Ernakulam. Ext.P1 is an ex parte award and Exts.P4 and P5 are orders rejecting applications filed by the petitioner for restoration/setting aside of the award. Ext.P1 award is dated 10.5.99, which was published in the Kerala Gazette on 5.10.99. The petitioner approached the Labour Court with a petition to set aside the same only in 2000. What happened to that petition is not stated. It appears that the same was numbered as 148 of 2000 and dismissed for default. In December 2005 the petitioner filed M.P.Nos.3/2005 along with an application to condone delay of 1195 days. On the same, Exts.P4 and P5 orders were passed on 27.2.2007 dismissing the same also for default. As such all throughout the petitioner was in default. I do not think that it is W.P.(c)No.186512/08 2 in the interest of industrial peace to reopen the issue after a period of eight years. I am of opinion that the matter should be given a quietus at least now. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE Acd