: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.373 OF 2009 Saurashtra Cement Ltd. ....Petitioner V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ....Respondents Mr.R.M. Naik i/b Mr.S.P. Salkar for the Petitioner. Mr.G.K. Mourya for Respondent No.4. CORAM : S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATED : 16TH MARCH, 2009. P.C. : 1. The Petitioner challenges the order of reference made under Section 10 by Respondent No.2 - Deputy Labour Commissioner in respect of the dispute between the Petitioner and Respondent No.4. Respondent No.4 claims to have been employed by the Petitioner as a Driver. According to the Petitioner, Respondent No.4 was employed by Respondent No.5 - a Director of the Petitioner. 2. Firstly, the Writ Petition is filed after a delay of one and half years. Secondly, it is not possible to state that there is not even a prima-facie case in the present case. For instance, in the affidavit in reply, some documents have been relied upon by Respondent No.4 in respect of this contention. : 2 : At this stage, I do not say anything further in respect of the merits qua these documents. This is a matter which will be considered in the reference. 3. In the circumstances, the Writ Petition is dismissed.