MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE AND 3 Other vs THE MANAGEMENT OF COLONY TEXTILE — 1970 PLC 130

Citation: 1970 PLC 130

Court: Industrial Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-09-23

Parties: MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE AND 3 Other vs THE MANAGEMENT OF COLONY TEXTILE MILLS LID.,MULTAN

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Case cited as 1970 PLC 130

Judgment Text

Court Name: Industrial Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:MUHAMMAD SIDDIQUE AND 3 Other vs THE MANAGEMENT OF COLONY TEXTILE MILLS LID.,MULTAN Case No.: Appeal No. MLN.-192 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1969-09-23 Reported As: 1970 PLC 130 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER This is an appeal under section 16 of the West Pakistan Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1968 against an order of the learned Chairman of the West Pakistan Industrial Court (Central Zone), Lahore, dated April 30, 1969. The impugned order was passed on an application under section 11(2) of the Ordinance. The respondent had raised preliminary objection that the application under section 6(8) of the Ordinance was not competent inasmuch as the two of the four persons who had made the application under section 6(8) were not workmen within the meaning of section 2(u) of the Ordinance. The main applica--tion was made by the four persons. The Conciliation Officer had not granted Failure Certificate to two of the four persons. The other two persons, it was contended by the respondent, were not workmen and therefore their application should be dismissed. The contention found favour of the learned Court and he dismissed the application on that ground. 2. In order to appreciate the contention of Mr. Syed Iqbal Shah, the learned Representative for the workmen, it would be useful to reproduce section 2(u)(iii). It reads as under:- Workman" means any person, including an apprentice, employed in any industry to do any…

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