WORKERS' UNION vs INDUS CHEMICAL & ALKALIS LTD- KARACHI — 1971 PLC 516

Citation: 1971 PLC 516

Court: Labour Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-01-07

Parties: WORKERS' UNION vs INDUS CHEMICAL & ALKALIS LTD- KARACHI

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Case cited as 1971 PLC 516

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title: WORKERS' UNION vs INDUS CHEMICAL & ALKALIS LTD- KARACHI Case No.: Appeal No. KAR-225 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-01-07 Reported As: 1971 PLC 516 Result: N/A Judgment DECISION This is an appeal against an award dated 21st November 1970. whereby the learned Chairman of the Second Sind Labour Court, Karachi. dismissed the application under section 34, of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (hereinafter called the Ordinance), on the ground that the Indus Chemical and Alkalis Workers' Union (hereinafter called the Union), was not a Collective Bargaining Agent. It would be helpful to reproduce the relevant finding of the learned Court in the disposal of the appeal. It runs as under:-- "Section 22 of the Ordinance, Inter alia says that where there are more than one registered Trade Unions, the Registrar shall within one month from the date of the receipt of a written request in that behalf; hold a secret ballot . . . . the Registrar shall on the result of such secret ballot declare the Trade Union or the federation as the case may be, which has obtained the highest number of votes to be the Collective Bargaining Agent in respect of the establishment etc . . . . . --- The reading of the section leaves no manner of doubt that in case of plurality of Trade Unions, the Collective Bargaining Agent, can be determined and declared as a result of a referendum and, not otherwise. The intention of the law-makers…

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