TANZEEM-E-MULAZAMIN BALDIYAAND 2 Others vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST — 1972 PLC 91

Citation: 1972 PLC 91

Court: Sindh High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-12-31

Parties: TANZEEM-E-MULAZAMIN BALDIYAAND 2 Others vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST JUDGMENT

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Case cited as 1972 PLC 91

Judgment Text

Court Name: Sindh High Court Judge(s): Abdul Qadir Sheikh, Muhammad Ali Sayeed Title:TANZEEM-E-MULAZAMIN BALDIYAAND 2 Others vs GOVERNMENT OF WEST JUDGMENT Reported As: 1972 PLC 91 Result: Petition dismissed Judgment JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD ALI SAYEED, J.-This petition has been brought to avoid the result of a poll held by the Registrar of Trade Unions on the 13th of May 1970 to determine the collective bargaining agent of the Karachi Municipal Corporation Workers in terms of section 22 of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969. 2. The workers of the K. M. C. Were represented by as many as six registered Trade Unions and each one of them, it is stated, claimed the right to represent the employees and workers of the Corporation for the purpose of negotiations with the employers. It thus became necessary to determine as to which of the registered Trade Unions in the establishment commanded the largest support. Accordingly one of the Trade Unions, namely, the respondent No. 3 called upon the Registrar of Trade Unions to hold a referendum so as to resolve the dispute with regard to the true representative character of the rival Trade Unions. It may be mentioned that section 22 of the Industrial Relations Ordi--nance, 1969 provides the machinery by which a determination of the above nature may be made in case of dispute between multiple Trade Unions. Subsection (2) of section 22 of the said Ordinance provides that in case there are more than one registered Trade Union in an…

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