Dismissed¶19
The Municipal Council Osmanabad through Its Chief Officer Harikalyan Janardhan Yelgatte v. Anjanabai Hanmant Kamble and Another
Bombay HCWP/5794/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Writ petition by Municipal Council Osmanabad against Industrial Court (Latur) order below Exh. 6 dismissed for lack of diligence - delay in challenging 2013 decision until 2022; ex-parte proceeding without written statement despite notice; Aurangabad Bench, single judge; no costs. Keywords: delay/laches in filing writ petition, Industrial Court order, ex-parte decision, Municipal Council Osmanabad, employee complaint.
What did the court decide?
The Municipal Council was not diligent in prosecuting the matter: the complaint decided in 2013 was challenged only in 2022, and the Council failed to pursue the matter from 2013 onwards, having earlier proceeded ex-parte without a written statement despite notice. ¶18