MOHAMMAD SOOMAR vs THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT — 1970 PLC 478

Citation: 1970 PLC 478

Court: Industrial Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: MOHAMMAD SOOMAR vs THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT

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Case cited as 1970 PLC 478

Judgment Text

Court Name: Industrial Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title: MOHAMMAD SOOMAR vs THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT Case No.: Appeal No. HYD-107 of 1970 Date of Judgment:- Reported As: 1970 PLC 478 Result: Appeal is dismissed Judgment ORDER This is an appeal against an order of the learned Chairman of the First West Pakistan Labour Court, Karachi, dated February 21, 1970. The impugned ~ order was passed on an application under section 38 of the West Pakistan Industrial Disputes Ordi--nance, 1968 (hereinafter called the repealed Ordinance) whereby the learned Court dismissed the application on the ground that there was no violation of the provision of section 37 of the repealed Ordinance. The facts giving rise to this appeal briefly put are these. The bus of the appellant, who was a Conductor was checked on the 2nd of March 1969, and it was found that 8 passengers were travelling without tickets. On enquiry by Mr. Muhammad Illyas, the appellant was found guilty of misconduct. The District Manager after hearing the appellant dismissed him from service on 27th October 1969. The appellant admitted that 8 passengers were travelling without tickets. 8e, however, explained the failure on his part to issue tickets when these 8 passengers boarded the bus by stating that there was a competition with private bus and therefore he did not wait to issue tickets before starting the bus. The Enquiry Officer after considering the- evidence before him came to the conclusion that…

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