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Petitioner: WAPDA VS Respondent: MUHAMMAD IQBAL
Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Sardar Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Khan Lodhi Title: WAPDA vs MUHAMMAD IQBAL Case No.: Appeal No. LHR-728 of 1979 Date of Judgment:1981-09-14 Reported As: 1983 PLC 598 Result: Appeal dismissed
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT 2. The respondent was charge-sheeted on account of theft. After making an enquiry, he was dismissed from service. The enquiry was started on the report (Exh. R-1) made by Akhtar Ali, Head Constable. He was very important witness, but was not examined either in the enquiry or before the Labour Court . The respondent was not afforded opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses produced against him in the enquiry. The enquiry proceedings were defective in that none of the members of the Enquiry Committee signed the proceedings as stated by P.W., who is an employee of the appellants. A criminal case was also registered against the respondent but he was acquitted on 25-2-1981. In view of the defects, mentioned above, the lower Court was justified in ordering the re- instatement of the respondent with back benefits. There is no force in the appeal and the same is dismissed.