SCA/1837/2024

NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/1837/2024 JUDGMENT DATED: 22/08/2025 2025:GUJHC:50292 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1837 of 2024 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M. K. THAKKER ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔ ========================================================== JALAMSINH SWAROOPSINH SOLANKI Versus GUJARAT RURAL HOUSING BOARD ========================================================== Appearance: AAKASH D MODI(7449) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 ANAND R PATEL(7352) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M. K. THAKKER Date : 22/08/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. This petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, challenging the order passed under Rule 26-A of the Gujarat Industrial Disputes Rules, 1967, whereby the application preferred by the present petitioner seeking restoration of the reference came to be rejected on the ground that it was filed after a period of 8 years. 2. It is the case of the present petitioner before the learned Reference Court that the petitioner wa