- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:51644 WP No. 3963 of 2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI M WRIT PETITION NO.3963 OF 2022 (L-TER) BETWEEN: SRI. SHIVAKUMAR, S/O LATE V.MUNISWAMY, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, R/AT NO.85, 1ST A CROSS, CHOLURPALYA, MAGADI ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 023. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. RAMESH KUMAR M.C., ADVOCATE FOR SRI. C.N.KRISHNA REDDY, ADVOCATE) AND: M/S THE MANAGEMENT OF VITRAG JEWELS SITUATED AT NO.16 (OLD NO.33) 33 'A' CROSS, 16TH MAIN JAYANAGAR, 4TH T BLOCK BENGALURU - 560 041 REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER SRI. RAJIV KUMAR SINGH …RESPONDENT THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, SEEKING CERTAIN RELIEFS. Digitally signed by THEJAS KUMAR N Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:51644 WP No. 3963 of 2022 THIS WRIT PETITION IS LISTED FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, AN ORDER IS MADE AS UNDER: ORAL ORDER Sri.C.N.Krishnareddy, counsel for the petitioner appeared in person. 2. The petition is listed today for preliminary hearing and it is heard finally. 3. The award dated 30.09.2019 passed by the Labour Court, Bengaluru in I.D.No.9 of 2018 is called into question in this petition on several grounds as set out in the memorandum of writ petition. 4. Counsel for the petitioner urged several contentions. 5. The Labour Court passed the award in 2019. However, the writ petition is filed in the year 2022. There is an inordinate delay of almost 4 years in filing the writ petition. A perusal of the averments in the writ petition depicts that no grounds are made about delay and latches. Hence, the petition is liable to be rejected on the grounds of delay and latches. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:51644 WP No. 3963 of 2022 6. Accordingly, writ petition is rejected. SD/- (JYOTI M) JUDGE SS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 5