DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, P. W. R., LAHORE vs MUHAMMAD NASEER UD DIN — 1972 PLD 301

Citation: 1972 PLD 301

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-11-03

Parties: DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, P. W. R., LAHORE vs MUHAMMAD NASEER UD DIN

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1972 Lahore 301

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Aftab Hussain Title: DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, P. W. R., LAHORE vs MUHAMMAD NASEER UD DIN Case No.: Civil Revision No. 26 of 1967 Date of Judgment:1971-11-03 Reported As: PLD 1972 Lahore 301 Result: Petition dismissed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT The respondent submitted a petition under section 15 of the Payment of Wages Act on 2nd April 1964 complaining against some illegal deductions from his salary. The claim was for Re. 572.57 for the amount deducted and for Rs. 5,725.70 as compensation at the rate of 10 times as provided by section 15, subsection (3) of the above Act. A number of objections were raised in defence by the petitioner and the following preliminary issues were framed:- (1) Whether the petition is time-barred? (2) Whether the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 is not applicable to the petitioner or to the present case. (3) Whether this Court has no jurisdiction to try the petition? (4) Whether the petition is defective and what is its effect? It was held by the learned Special Authority under the Payment of Wages Act that there were sufficient grounds for admitting the application as within time and accordingly issue No. 1 was decided in favour of the respondents. On issues Nos. 2 and 3 he held that the provisions of Payment of Wages Act applied only to an employee whose wages do not exceed Rs. 200 and the case was covered by the above Act for the period from April 1962 to June 1962 when the wages of the respondent were Rs. 192 p.m.…

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