As per the case facts former Air India Limited employees filed writ petitions against a High Court judgment that dismissed their petitions which were submitted with significant delay after the ... cause of action emerged The reason for the appeal to the Supreme Court was to challenge the High Court's dismissal of their writ petitions due to the substantial delay in filing them The question arose whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the writ petitions due to considerable delay Finally the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals concurring with the High Court's decision to uphold the objection regarding the writ petitions' maintainability due to substantial delay However the appellants' rights to seek legal remedies in an appropriate forum were protected and Section of the Limitation Act would apply to the issue of limitation if they chose to pursue other legal avenues Article of the Constitution of India is also a relevant law

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