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Petitioner: NATIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES PAKISTAN (PRIVATE) LIMITED, KARACHI through General Manager VS Respondent: MUHAMMAD JAVED and 35 others
Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Mushtaq Ali Kazi Title:NATIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES PAKISTAN (PRIVATE) LIMITED, KARACHI
through General Manager vs MUHAMMAD JAVED and 35 others Case No.: Appeals Nos. KAR-130 to 166 of 1995 Date of Judgment:1995-04-06 Reported As: 1995 PLC 625 Result: Appeals dismissed Judgment DECISION ' Heard Mr. Asim Nasir, Advocate for the appellant. 37 respondents are employees of the appellant in various capacities and they have been working continuously for 2 or 3 years without any break. The contention of the learned Advocate for the appellant is that although they have been working continuously, yet they are working under six month's contract each time and the contract is renewed on expiry. That therefore they cannot be called permanent workers though admittedly they have worked for more than 183 days in a year. The lower Court held that the respondent workers have been working for more than nine months continuously and they have become permanent under the Standing Orders Ordinance. I entirely agree with this proposition of law and see no reason to interfere with the decision of the Labour Court. The appeals are, therefore dismissed in limine.