THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT SERVICE, SUKKUR vs — 1970 PLC 323

Citation: 1970 PLC 323

Court: Industrial Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-01-30

Parties: THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT SERVICE, SUKKUR vs GULZAR AHMAD AND ANOTHER

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Case cited as 1970 PLC 323

Judgment Text

Court Name: Industrial Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT SERVICE, SUKKUR vs GULZAR AHMAD AND ANOTHER Case No.: Appeal No. SKR-245 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-01-30 Reported As: 1970 PLC 323 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER This is an appeal against the order of the learned Chairman of the First West Pakistan Labour Court, Karachi, dated 7 November 1969, whereby he allowed the application of the respondent under section 38 of the West Pakistan Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1968 (hereinafter called the repealed Ordinance), ordering that the respondent be re-instated with full back benefits 2. I have gone through the order. It is a well considered order. The services of a permanent workman could not be terminated without any reason. It was not the case of the appellant that the Department was reducing the number of conductors and that the respondent being the junior- most man had become surplus and, therefore, his services were terminated. It is a case of simple termination of service without any cause. 3. Mr. Mahboob Rizvi, the learned Representative for the appellant, contended that there was no violation of 'section 37 of the repealed Ordinance. There is not much force in this conten--tion. One of the terms of service of an employee of the appellant-- Corporation is that his services cannot be terminated without sufficient cause. In the present case, as I have already held that, the services of the respondent were…

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