The Director v. The Presiding Officer,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 05.04.2024

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE J.NISHA BANU AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.DHANABAL CMP No.6708 of 2024 in --- The Director in charge, Regional Labour Institute Chennai 600 113.

... Petitioner/Appellant .Vs.

1.The Presiding Officer, The Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum- Labour Court, Shastri Bhavan, Chennai 600 006.

2.D.Selvaraj ..Respondent PRAYER in CMP No.6708 of 2024 :- Petitions filed to condone the delay of 163 days in filing the appeal.

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Prayer in : -Writ Appeal filed to set aside the order dated 12.06.2023 made in WP.No.18248 of 2014 by this Court. For Petitioner :

Mr.S.Sivashanmugam For R1 :

Court For R2 :

No appearance

O R D E R

(Judgment of the Court was made by J. NISHA BANU, J. ) The above CMP has been filed to condone the delay of 163 days in filing the Writ Appeal against the order made in WP.No.18248 of 201 dated 20.03.2019.

2. Writ Appeal SR has been filed to set aside the order dated 12.06.2023 made in WP.No.18248 of 2014 by this Court.

3. There is undoubtedly an inordinate delay in the filing of the Writ Appeal. There is a delay of more than 5 months in preferring the appeal. The petitioner/appellant has failed to show sufficient cause to 2/4

condone the enormous delay of 163 days in filing the Writ Appeal. On an overall view of the grounds taken in the Civil Miscellaneous Petition and submissions made by learned counsel for appellant, would make it clear that there is no error apparent on the face of the record warranting review of order dated order dated 12.06.2023 made in WP.No.18248 of 2014. In such circumstances, application for condonation of delay is wholly misplaced and so We do not find any merit in the application for condonation of delay and as such, the same is dismissed. Consequently, Writ Appeal SR is rejected. No costs.

(J.N.B,J.) (P.D.B., J.) 05.04.2024 Index: Yes / No sk To The Presiding Officer, The Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cumLabour Court, Shastri Bhavan, Chennai 600 006.

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J. NISHA BANU, J.

and P.DHANABAL,J.

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