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Citation: 1970 PLC 733
Court: Dacca
Year: 1969
Decision Date: 1969-12-31
Parties: PAKISTAN NATIONAL OILS LTD., DACCA vs THE CHAIRMAN, SECOND LABOUR JUDGMENT
Case cited as 1970 PLC 733
Court Name: Dacca Judge(s): K. Hossain, B. A. Siddiqi Title:PAKISTAN NATIONAL OILS LTD., DACCA vs THE CHAIRMAN, SECOND LABOUR JUDGMENT Reported As: 1970 PLC 733 Result: Rule made absolute Judgment JUDGMENT SIDDIKY, C. J.-In this application the petitioner-company, viz. Pakistan National Oils Limited; has challenged the validity of the order passed by the Second Labour Court, East Pakistan, on 15-10- 1968, in Complaint Case No. 152 of 1968.' One Wahidur Rahman, respondent No. 3 in this application, was serving as a Supervisor in the petitioner-company since, a 1-1-1965. On completion of his probationary period he was made permanent. On 29-1-1968 the petitioner-company termi--nated the services of the respondent No. 3 with effect from that date by its letter dated 26-1-1968 without assigning any reason. The respondent No. 3 filed -Complaint Case No. 152 of 1968 before the Second Labour Court and prayed for termination benefits under section 19 of the East Pakistan Employment of labour (Standing Orders) Act, 1965. The petitioner-company entered appearance and contended that the complainant Wahidur Rahman, Ex-Supervisor of the Company, was not a worker within the definition of clause 2(v) of the Standing Orders Act, 1965 and as such his petition for complaint was not maintainable before the Second Labour Court. They also contended that he was not entitled to any benefit under section 19 of the Act. The learned Second Labour Court in a very -short judgment without assigning any…
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