GENERAL SECRETARY, WASHING AND DRY CLEANING WORKERS' UNION vs — 1972 PLC 310

Citation: 1972 PLC 310

Court: Labour Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-08-26

Parties: GENERAL SECRETARY, WASHING AND DRY CLEANING WORKERS' UNION vs MESSRS NEW WAY DYERS & DRY CLEANERS' HYDERABAD AND

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 PLC 310

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:GENERAL SECRETARY, WASHING AND DRY CLEANING WORKERS' UNION vs MESSRS NEW WAY DYERS & DRY CLEANERS' HYDERABAD AND Case No.: Appeal No. HYD-435 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-08-26 Reported As: 1972 PLC 310 Result: N/A Judgment DECISION This is an appeal against an award dated April 29, 1911, whereby the learned Labour Court came to the conclusion that the appellant was in permanent service of the respondent --Company and, therefore, ho was entitled to one month's wages in lieu of notice. 2. Mr. Wasiullah Qureshi, the learned Representative for the appellant, contended that the services of the appellant having been terminated on the ground of misconduct an enquiry should have been held before his services were done away with. In other words, the contention of Mr. Wasiullah Qureshi is that appellant's case could not be of simple termination of service. The admitted position is that the notice dated 7th April 1970, does contain allegation which amounts to misconduct. The said notice terminating the services of the appellant states that in spite of the warning the appellant was not properly pressing the shirts of the respondent's clients and spoiling them. Mr. Masood Shaikh, the learned Representative for the respondent, candidly admitted that the ground mentioned in the notice would amount to misconduct. But relying on a case of Karnaphully Paper Mills Ltd. v. Karnaphully Mills Workers' Union (1961 PLC 991), he…

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