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Citation: 1970 PLC 41
Court: Industrial Appellate Tribunal
Year: 1969
Decision Date: 1969-04-03
Parties: MESSRS THE INDUSTRIAL GRINDING LTD., KARACHI vs FIVE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKMEN Or INDUSTRIAL
Case cited as 1970 PLC 41
Court Name: Industrial Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:MESSRS THE INDUSTRIAL GRINDING LTD., KARACHI vs FIVE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKMEN Or INDUSTRIAL Case No.: Appeal, Nos. KAR-228 and KAR-108 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-04-03 Reported As: 1970 PLC 41 (2) Result: appeal is allowed Judgment ORDER This is an appeal against an award of the learned Chairman of the First West Pakistan Industrial Court, Karachi, dated 15th June 1968. The facts briefly put are these. 2. The Five Elected Representatives of the Workers of the appellant-Company, (hereinafter called the respondents), served a notice of strike on the Management in respect of only one demand, namely, "The Workers should be paid bonus at the rate of two months consolidated wages for the ytar ending 31st December 1966, prorata basis". The conciliation pro--ceedings having failed, the Conciliation Officer granted the failure Certificate on 3rd May 1967. The respondents made an applica--tion under section 5(5) of the Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1959 (hereinafter called the repealed Ordinance), on Hill May 1967. 3. The appellants contested the application on the ground that the Company had earned a nominal profit of Rs. 20,761.00, in the year 1966-67. It was, therefore, not in a position to give any bonus. The Company was, however, willing to give bonus at the rate of one month's basic wages to all its permanent employees, i.e. 11 workmen. It was further stated that out of these 11 workmen,…
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