THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT SERVICE, SUKKUR vs — 1971 PLC 141

Citation: 1971 PLC 141

Court: Labour Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-09-17

Parties: THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT SERVICE, SUKKUR vs ABDUL GHAFOOR AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 PLC 141

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT SERVICE, SUKKUR vs ABDUL GHAFOOR AND ANOTHER Case No.: Appeal No. SKR-160 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-09-17 Reported As: 1971 PLC 141 Result: order dismiss Judgment DECISION This is an appeal against an award dated 30th April 1970, whereby the learned Labour Court on an application under section 31 of the Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1959 (hereinafter called the repealed Ordinance), came to the conclusion that the enquiry was unfair and not impartial and on that ground set aside the order dismissing the respondent from service and ' ordered his re- instatement with full back benefits. The facts giving rise to the appeal briefly put are these. 2. The respondent, Abdul Ghafoor, who was a Conductor in the service of Government Transport, Sukkur, was found on 22nd December 1965, on his bus being checked twice on the same day, once at about 9-10 a.m. and later on at 12-30 p.m., that he had failed to issue tickets to 13 persons, though he had realized fare from them and on the second occasion when -his bus was checked, it was, found that he had realized fare from 46 persons, but had not issued tickets to them. He was charge-sheeted separately for the two misconducts and Muhammad Murad Shaikh was appointed Enquiry Officer. Though he held the enquiry separately, but submitted one report in respect of both the charges and found the respondent guilty of misconduct that…

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