J U D G M E N T

Heard.

2.The petitioner is a Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society. In the present writ petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 13.03.2018 passed by the Labour Court, Salem in C.P. No. 4 of 2014, by which a sum of Rs.10,51,740/- was computed as payable to the respondent, along with interest at the rate of 9% per annum until the date of payment, failing which the amount would carry interest at 12% per annum. As per the endorsement on the certified copy, the order was delivered to the petitioner-society on 16.04.2018.

3.The petitioner initially filed the present writ petition on 27.08.2018. However, as the impugned order annexed to the petition was illegible, the Registry returned the papers, granting ten days’ time for compliance. The petitioner, however, re-presented the papers along with a compliance memo only on 08.02.2021, resulting in a delay of 867 days. To regularize the delay, the petitioner filed W.M.P. No. 2769 of 2021 seeking condonation. By order dated 05.02.2021, this Court condoned the delay on the condition that the petitioner deposit a sum of Rs.1,000/- to the Chief Justice’s Relief Fund. Following compliance, the writ petition was number