( 1 ) THE following question came up for consideration in this writ appeal before a Division Bench of this Court:"whether a Labour Court constituted under Section 7 of the Industrial disputes Act and designated as a second appellate authority under the andhra Pradesh Shops and Establishments Act is entitled to condone the delay in filing Second Appeal by virtue of the provisions contained under section 5 of the Limitation Act. "in view of the importance of the question, the learned Judges were of the opinion that the matter required to be considered by a Full Bench and therefore, they passed the order of reference dated June 17,1991, in the following terms:"it is evident from the foregoing that the decisions of the Supreme Court, nor of this Court are uniform on this very important question. We are of the opinion that it is necessary that the controversy relating to the application of Section 5 of the Limitation Act read with Section 29 (2) of the Limitation act to proceedings before a Labour Court constituted under Section 7 of the Industrial Disputes Act has to be decided by a Full Bench of this Court. One other question which incidentally arises is as to whether Section 29 (2) o

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