WASHING AND DRY CLEANING WORKERS UNION vs MESSRS NEW WAY DRY — 1972 PLC 145

Citation: 1972 PLC 145

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-04-29

Parties: WASHING AND DRY CLEANING WORKERS UNION vs MESSRS NEW WAY DRY CLEANERS, HYDERABAD

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 PLC 145

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): Hidayat Hussain Title:WASHING AND DRY CLEANING WORKERS UNION vs MESSRS NEW WAY DRY CLEANERS, HYDERABAD Case No.: Application No. 169 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-04-29 Reported As: 1972 PLC 145 Result: N/A Judgment AWARD This application has been filed on behalf of the applicant Shamshad son of Umer Din who worked as pressm an with the respondents New Way Dry Cleaners, Hyderabad. The respon--dents served a notice on him dated 9th April 1970 terminating his services. Subsequently the services of Shamahad were terminated from 7th May 1970. Through this application the applicant wants me to re-instate in service. Mr. Wasiullah Qureshi appears with the workman Shamshad. Abdul Sattar, Proprietor of New Way Dry Cleaners is also Present. Contentions of Mr. Wasiullah Qureshi are as follows: - (a) this is a case of removal as punishment and the workman could not have been. Removed without following the procedure. (b) the notice was actually received by the workman on 7th May 1970 and, therefore, he is entitled to one month's pay and payment fur earned leave, etc, Section 19 of the West Pakistan Shop and Establishment Ordinance, 1969 runs as follows: ---Termination employment.---(1) For terminating employ--ment of a permanent employee, one month's notice in writing shall be given either by the employer or by the employee and in lieu-of notice, one month's wages calculated can the basis of average of wages, earned during the preceding three months…

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