THE WAPDA ELECTRIC WORKERS' UNION, PESHAWAR vs REGISTRAR, TRADE — 1972 PLC 277

Citation: 1972 PLC 277

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-11-16

Parties: THE WAPDA ELECTRIC WORKERS' UNION, PESHAWAR vs REGISTRAR, TRADE UNIONS AND 2 OTHERS

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 PLC 277

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): K. Amirzada Khan, Shaida A. Qureshi Title:THE WAPDA ELECTRIC WORKERS' UNION, PESHAWAR vs REGISTRAR, TRADE UNIONS AND 2 OTHERS Case No.: Case No. 53 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-11-16 Reported As: 1972 PLC 277 Result: application made Judgment ORDER K. AMIRZADA KHAN (CHAIRMAN)--.It appeals that on an application made by the WAPDA Electric Workers Union Northern Region, Peshawar, the then Registrar, Trade Unions. Peshawar, vide his letter No. 1325, dated 10th March 1970, informed the aforesaid Union that it was the collective bargaining agent of the workers in the "said establishment". Subsequently, ever, vide his letter No. 1502-3, dated 4th April 1970, the Registrar withdrew this order and informed Electric Workers Union Peshawar that the order was cancelled because it was bad in law. 2. Aggrieved with this latter order, the WAPDA Electric Workers' Union, Northern Region, Peshawar, through its General Secretary, made an application under section 34 of the I. R. O., 1969, against the Registrar, Trade Unions, N. W. F. P., Peshawar and WAPDA, though the Chief Engineer North), Electricity. Peshawar, praying that the order of respondent No. 1 contained in his letter No. 1502-3, dated 4th April 1970, cancelling its status as a collective bargaining agent in respect of the technical staff (non-gazetted) of WAPDA establishment in the Northern Region, may be declared void and contrary to law and respondent No. 2 be directed to treat the…

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