CWP No. 10715 of 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No. 10715 of 2009 Date of decision July 21 2009 Jeeto Devi ....... Petitioner Versus The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Ambala and others . .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Satish Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner. **** 1. Whether reporters of local newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? K. Kannan, J (oral). The writ petition challenges the award which is passed on 20.3.1995 which confirmed the findings in the departmental enquiry that upheld the punishment of removal from service. The challenge is nearly 14 years after the award and after life time of the deceased by the wife stating that she was poor and she could not challenge the proceedings of the Labour Court earlier on account of poverty. Impoverishment is a bane in the society but that by itself cannot be a ground for condoning the delay of 14 years in challenging the award passed by the Labour Court and that too, after the death of the workman. The writ petition is barred by laches and there is no scope for interference. The writ petition is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE July 21, 2009 archana