A. G. ABID NAQASHBANDI vs MUHAMMAD ALTAF — 1972 PLC 359

Citation: 1972 PLC 359

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-08-05

Parties: A. G. ABID NAQASHBANDI vs MUHAMMAD ALTAF

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Case cited as 1972 PLC 359

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): Ch. Umar Din, Sardar Muhammad Amir Akbar Khan Title: A. G. ABID NAQASHBANDI vs MUHAMMAD ALTAF Case No.: Petition No. 343 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-08-05 Reported As: 1972 PLC 359 Result: applications made Judgment ORDER SARDAR MUHAMMAD AMIR AKBAR KHAN (CHAIRMAN).- This is an application under Standing Order No. 18 of the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial (Standing Orders) Ordinance of 1968 (hereinafter called the Ordinance) by Mr. A. G. Abid Naqashbandi against the order of termination of his services dated 12-8-1970. In the petition, he alleged that he has been victimised as he was the General Secretary of the Workers' Union. In this very application, he also prayed for re- instatement of some other members of the Trade Union. The petition was resisted on behalf of the respondent. Among other objections, an objection was also raised to the maintainability of the petition on the ground that the petitioner is not a workman within the definition of the Ordinance. As such, he 9s not entitled to any relief under Standing Order No. 18. The petitioner examined himself as P. W. 1, Mian Abdul Ghaffar as P. W. 2 and Mian Ashiq Ali, P. W. 3 in support of his case. He also wanted to lead some other evidence. He was allowed to do so under an earlier order. By further evidence, he wanted to prove that he used to work with his own hands and did manual labour and, as such, fell within the definition of a workman. Today when the case came up for…

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