MUHAMMAD ZAHOOR vs DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT — 1970 PLC 78

Citation: 1970 PLC 78

Court: Industrial Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-02-18

Parties: MUHAMMAD ZAHOOR vs DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT SERVICE, HYDERABAD AND ANOTHER

Headnotes

Case cited as 1970 PLC 78

Judgment Text

Court Name: Industrial Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:MUHAMMAD ZAHOOR vs DISTRICT MANAGER, GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT SERVICE, HYDERABAD AND ANOTHER Case No.: Appeal No. HYD-220 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-02-18 Reported As: 1970 PLC 78 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER This is an appeal against the order of the learned Chairman of the Second West Pakistan Industrial Court, Karachi, dated 31st October 1968.The impunged order was passed on an application under section 31 of the Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1959 (hereinafter called the repealed Ordinance). The facts briefly put are these. 2. The appellant was employed as a Conductor in the Government Transport Service, Hyderabad. His bus was checked by one Muhammad Ismail in the presence of Tariq Yaqub, Assistant Traffic Manager and the following acts of misconduct were detected :-- (1) Seven passengerswere found travelling without tickets from whom the fare was not realized. 1970 (2) Sixteen tickets were found with the passengers which were punched for down journey, whereas the bus was running on its up journey. (3) On checking, the-ash was found in excess than the sale-- proceeds of tickets. (4) The appellant refused to give statement on T. T. 40, when asked by the Checking Party. 3. The appellant was served with charge-sheet on 24th June 1966. Mr. Strajul Haq Qureshi was appointed as Enquiry officer. On the report of the Enquiry Officer, the District Manager dismissed him from service with effect from 5th…

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