CWP No. 105 of 2008 16.3.2009 Present: Mr. R.L. Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. R.K. Sharma, Sr. Addl. A.G. with Mr. Rajinder Dogra, Addl. A.G. and Mr. Vikas Rathore, Dy. A.G. for the respondents. The petitioner was engaged in the year 1992. He was retrenched in the year 1998. He has raised the demand notice. Thereafter, after the conciliation proceedings have failed, the matter was referred by the State Government to the Labour Court. It was referred to the Labour Court in the year 2004. The petitioner has not explained the delay between the date of retrenchment till making the reference to the Labour Court in the year 2004. Mr. Chaudhary submits that the petitioner had approached the learned Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal by filing original application against the retrenchment effected on 25.6.1998. However, he could not supply the number of original application filed before the learned Tribunal. This ground has neither been mentioned in the claim petition nor in the writ petition. In these circumstances, the petitioner has failed to explain the delay in raising the industrial dispute. Accordingly, there is no illegality in the order dated 22.5.2006 and the present petition is dismissed. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma), J. March 16, 2009. (cr)