MUHAMMAD TUFAIL vs ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, LAHORE — 1970 PLC 454

Citation: 1970 PLC 454

Court: Industrial Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-04-20

Parties: MUHAMMAD TUFAIL vs ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, LAHORE

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Case cited as 1970 PLC 454

Judgment Text

Court Name: Industrial Court Judge(s): Mahmood Ahmad Soofi Title: MUHAMMAD TUFAIL vs ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, LAHORE Case No.: Date of Judgment:1970-04-20 Reported As: 1970 PLC 454 Result: N/A Judgment AWARD This application purports to have been filed under section 38 of the West Pakistan Industrial Disputes, Ordinance, 1968. It is directed against an order passed on 9-9-1967 by the District Manager, Lahore Omnibus Service, Lahore, under the authority of the respondent i.e. the Road Transport Corporation, Lahore, by which the employment of the petitioner Muhammad Tufail who was serving as a bus-conductor under the Lahore Omnibus Service, Lahore, since the date 14-11- 1966 was terminated on the ground of misconduct. In his application the petitioner has complained that a departmental enquiry into the charges against the petitioner was conducted by the Assistant Traffic Manager of the respondent, whose credentials for conducting such an enquiry have been challenged by the petitioner, on vaguely worded grounds. The petitioner has also complained that he addressed a request to that departmental enquiry officer for an opportunity of producing his defence witnesses but his request was rejected by that departmental enquiry officer. It has been alleged by the petitioner that no show-cause notice was communicated to him for the purpose of obtaining his reply before the petitioner was dismissed from his employment. Another ground on which the petitioner has submitted the present…

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