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Petitioner: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE and others VS Respondent: NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION and another
Court Name: Supreme Court of Pakistan Judge(s): Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, Tanvir Ahmed Khan Title:PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE and others
vs NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION and another Case No.: Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No,3403-L of 2002 Date of Judgment:2003-04-10 Reported As: 2003 PLC 414 Result: Petition Dismissed Judgment ORDER ' TANVIR AHMED KHAN, J.---Leave to appeal is sought against the judgment dated 28-8-2002 whereby a learned Single Judge of the Lahore High Court, Lahore, dismissed Writ Petition No,19800 of 2002 filed by the petitioners against the judgment dated 22-5-2000 of the learned Full Bench of the National Industrial Relations Commission. 2. It is argued by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the respondent was a work-charged employee and according to the terms of his employment, his services were liable to be terminated automatically on the expiry of the period mentioned in his appointment letter. 3. This argument of the learned counsel for the petitioners is without force as the reason given for the respondents termination in his absence from duty with effect from 4-3-1996 as reflected from the impugned order of termination dated 2-4-1996. However, he was not provided any opportunity whatsoever to substantiate his case qua his absence. No illegality has been committed by the learned Single Judge of the Lahore High Court in passing the impugned judgment which may warrant interference by this Court. ' Resultantly, for what has been stated above, the present petition being devoid of any merit is hereby dismissed and leave refused.
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