GENERAL SECRETARY, FINLAY EMPLOYEES'union, DACCA vs Messe JAMES — 1971 PLC 81

Citation: 1971 PLC 81

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-07-03

Parties: GENERAL SECRETARY, FINLAY EMPLOYEES'union, DACCA vs Messe JAMES FINLAY & Co. LTD., DACCA

Headnotes

Case cited as 1971 PLC 81

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): Muhammad Karim, S. A. Hakem, Nurul Islam Khan Title:GENERAL SECRETARY, FINLAY EMPLOYEES'union, DACCA vs Messe JAMES FINLAY & Co. LTD., DACCA Case No.: Case No. 58 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-07-03 Reported As: 1971 PLC 81 Result: N/A Judgment AWARDI MD. NURUL ISLAM KHAN (CHAIRMAN). This is an appli--cation under section 34 of the Industrial Relations Ordinance 1969 made by the General Secretary, Finley Employees' Union, against Messrs James Finley & Co. Ltd. The case of the first party is that one Nazir Islam was appointed as a Peon on 23-5-52 by the Import Department of the second party Company at their Narayanganj Office. His services were made permanent in due course. In 1960, the Import Department of the second party shifted to Dacca. So did Nazir Islam along with other staff. But subsequently he was transferred to M. Sarkies & Sons, Narayanganj, a subsidiary of the second party (now James Finley & Co., Ltd., Jute Department, Narayan--ganj) at their own accord, vide their letter, dated 27-2-61. In January 1969, a general notice was displayed by the Company to the effect that they would close down raw jute operation and the staff would be retrenched on juniority basis. At that time Nazir Islam applied to the second party to send him back to the Import department where there was no surplus of the staff. The second party ignored his appeal on 29-4-69 Nazir Islam was served with one month's notice of retrenchment with effect from 1-5-69.…

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