THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23780 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner challenges an award, dated 30.11.2004 passed by the Labour Court, Guntur in I.D.No.65 of 1999. The Labour Court granted a limited relief to the petitioner in the dispute raised under Section 2A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Labour appearing for respondent No.1 and Sri K.Nageswar Reddy, learned counsel for the 2nd respondent. Several contentions are urged on behalf of the petitioner. This Court is not inclined to entertain the writ petition for the reason that it is filed more than six years after the Labour Court passed the award. By any standard, six years is a period, which bars the institution of proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitutuon of India under laches. Stale matters cannot be permitted to be reopened in exercise of extraordinary original jurisdiction. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 24.08.2011 JSU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23780 of 2011 Date: 24.08.2011 JSU