1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7125 OF 2009 Zilla Parishad, Ratnagiri .. Petitioner Vs Shri. Laxman Govind Vankar & Ors .. Respondents P.P. Chavan i/b Ms. Reshmarani J. Nathani for the petitioner CORAM : Smt. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J. DATE : 17th August, 2009 P.C.: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. Being aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 18th July, 2007 passed by the member of the Industrial Court, Kolhapur in the Complaint (ULP) No. 687 of 2001, this petition has been preferred. By the said judgment and order, the complaint filed by the respondent - Village Development Officer in employment of the petitioner - Zilla Parishad came to be allowed. 2. According to the petitioner - Zilla Parishad, after following all due procedures, punishment came to be imposed on the respondent and his basic salary came to be reduced. The respondent filed Rma wp7125-09.sxw 2 complaint under items 5, 9 and 10 of Schedule IV of the MRTU & PULP Act, 1971 alleging unfair labour practices. The said complaint came to be allowed by judgment and order dated 18th July, 2007. 3. It is seen that the judgment and order was passed on 18th July, 2007 and this writ petition challenging the said order has been filed on 13th July, 2009 i.e after period of two years. The only explanation for delay in preferring the petition is that the petitioner being the Zilla Parishad sought guidance from the State Government before filing the petition and since the matter required to be considered by the various authorities, some time was lost in the process and hence, delay was caused. No details have been provided in respect of delay of two years. As stated earlier, delay is of two years. In my view, no sufficient reason has been given in respect of delay. This petition suffers from gross delay and latches and on this count alone, it is liable to be dismissed and accordingly it is dismissed. (SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J) Rma wp7125-09.sxw 3 Rma wp7125-09.sxw