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Petitioner: KHUSHI MUHAMMAD VS Respondent: GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Sardar Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Khan Lodhi Title: KHUSHI MUHAMMAD vs GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB Case No.: Appeal No, FD-204 of 1982 Date of Judgment:1983-07-10 Reported As: 1984 PLC 927 Result: Case remanded
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT ' The appeal captioned above is directed against the decision, dated 30th May, 1982 passed by the learned Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation, Faisalabad, whereby the petition of the appellant for compensation for the loss of his eye-sight was dismissed on the sole ground that Payment of Wages Act was not applicable to the respondent establishment. 2. The petition of the appellant is not for the recovery of any delayed or deducted wages but for group insurance money for not getting him insured under Standing Order 10-B of the Standing Orders Ordinance, 1968. According to Standing Order 10-B (5), any claim under clause (4) of Standing Order 10-B can be settled in the manner prescribed for the determination and recovery of compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act. The learned counsel for the respondent has not been able to advance any convincing arguments in support of the impugned decision, which, therefore, is not sustainable. 3. As a result of what has been said above, I accept the appeal and setting aside the impugned decision of the learned Commissioner, remand the case for decision on merits.