THE HOSIERY WORKMEN UNION vs M. & Q. HOSIERY, RAWALPINDI AND — 1969 PLC 563

Citation: 1969 PLC 563

Court: Industrial Appellate Tribunal

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-01-05

Parties: THE HOSIERY WORKMEN UNION vs M. & Q. HOSIERY, RAWALPINDI AND ANOTHER

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Case cited as 1969 PLC 563

Judgment Text

Court Name: Industrial Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title:THE HOSIERY WORKMEN UNION vs M. & Q. HOSIERY, RAWALPINDI AND ANOTHER Case No.: Appeal No. R I: 233 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-01-05 Reported As: 1970 PLC 286 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER This is an appeal against an award of the learned Chairman of the West Pakistan Industrial Court (Northern Zone), Lahore, dated 26th September 1969. The learned Chairman dismissed the application under section 6(8), of the West Pakistan Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1968 (herein-- after called the repealed Ordinance), on the ground that the strike notice had become invalid during the course - of con--ciliation proceedings and, therefore, the Conciliation Officer could not precede with the conciliation proceedings and issue a Failure Certificate. 2. Mr. Nazir Ahmad Naz, the learned Representative for the appellant-Union, contended, fn the first place, that the learned Chairman could not go into the question of the validity of the strike notice in view of the provision of section 6(4) of the repealed Ordinance. In order to appreciate the contention of the learned Representative for the appellant, it would be useful to reproduce subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of section 6 of the repealed Ordinance. It is as under :- "(1) Where any industrial dispute exists or is apprehended in a public utility service, the Conciliation Officer shall ho]d conciliation proceedings in the prescribed manner. (2) Where any industrial…

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