WORKERS' UNION vs ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, LAHORE — 1972 PLC 29

Citation: 1972 PLC 29

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-11-14

Parties: WORKERS' UNION vs ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, LAHORE

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Case cited as 1972 PLC 29

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): Mazharul Haq, Muhammad Mushtaq Karimi, Ch. Umar Din Title: WORKERS' UNION vs ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, LAHORE Case No.: Miscellaneous Application No. 102 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1970-11-14 Reported As: 1972 PLC 29 Result: rules made Judgment ORDER MAZHAR-UL-HAQ (CHAIRMAN). ---Petitioner has filed this application in the main Industrial Dispute pending in this Court, challenging the appointment of the to members of this Court. The learned representative for the petitioner contended that this Curt was not properly constituted inasmuch as that the Industrial Relations ordinance of 1969 was amended on 16-10-1970. It amended section 35 of the said Ordinance of 1969 and provided in its section 19(2) that a Labour Court shall consist of a Chairman appointed by the Provincial Government and to members to be appointed in the prescribed manner to advise the Chairman, one to represent the employers and the other to represent the workmen. He further argued that on 6-11-1970, vide Notification No. 3-91 (L-II)/6b, the Provincial Government appointed new members of this Court and that since the manner in which the members are to be appointed has not so far been prescribed, therefore, their appoint--ment was illegal. The learned counsel for the respondent has replied that since the word "prescribed" has been defined in section 2 (xix) of the Industrial Relations Ordinance of 1969 to mean prescribed by rules and that this definition has not been…

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