MIDWAY HOUSE EMPLOYEES' UNION (REGD.) vs GENERAL MANAGER, THE — 1969 SCMR 116

Citation: 1969 SCMR 116

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-03-17

Parties: MIDWAY HOUSE EMPLOYEES' UNION (REGD.) vs GENERAL MANAGER, THE MIDWAY HOUSE, LTD., KARACHI

Headnotes

Case cited as 1969 SCMR 116

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): Agha Ali Haider, Shoukat Ali A. Nanji Title:MIDWAY HOUSE EMPLOYEES' UNION (REGD.) vs GENERAL MANAGER, THE MIDWAY HOUSE, LTD., KARACHI Case No.: Application No. 152 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-03-17 Reported As: 1972 PLC 114 Result: s. Judgment AWARD AGHA ALI HYDER (CHAIRMAN).-The petition filed by the General Secretary, Midway House Employees' Union, Karachi, made out that Shahabuddin, Abdul Ghani, Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Hanif and Sheikh Mahboob had been appointed as Drivers by the respondents on various dates and among other emoluments, were getting an allowance of Rs. 25 per month for the maintenance of the Motor vehicles. On 3rd April 1969, an order was issued by the respondents to keep the buss clean and shining or else the payment of the allowance would be stopped. The order was un--warranted as the cleaning, washing and polishing of the buses was the duty of Cleaners and Sweepers. The Drivers lodged protest on 8th April 1969, but the same went unheeded and the aforesaid allowance was stopped with effect from 1st May 1969. Thereafter, there were several meetings between the Representatives of the Union and the Management but the same fizzled out on 20th June 1969. The Drivers had submitted an application under section 34 of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 in January 1970 but the same was withdrawn due to technical defects and the present petition came to be filed by the General Secretary of the Union. The reply statement…

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