reed on a Division Bench case of the West Pakistan High Court Jalal Din v. Orient Match Company Limited — 1968 PLC 137

Citation: 1968 PLC 137

Court: Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue

Year: 1970

Decision Date: 1970-03-25

Parties: ABBAS ALI SHAH vs WEST PAKISTAN WATER AND POWER

Headnotes

The point for consideration eras as to the meaning of the word "workmen" in the definition of the expression "industrial dispute" in the Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1959 (LV of 1959). The definition of "industrial dispute--" in the said Ordinance was just the same as in the, present Ordinance.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue Judge(s): Inamullah Khan Title: ABBAS ALI SHAH vs WEST PAKISTAN WATER AND POWER Case No.: Appeal No. LHR-255 of 1969 Date of Judgment:1970-03-25 Reported As: 1970 PLC 373 Result: application made Judgment ORDER This is an appeal under section 37 (3) of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (hereinafter called the Ordinance), against an order of the learned Chairman of the West Pakistan Industrial Court (Northern Zone), Lahore, dated 29th November 1969. The impugned order was passed on an application under section 33 of the West Pakistan Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1968 (hereinafter called the repealed Ordinance). The learned Court in a short order disposed of as many at 47 applications under section 38 of the repealed Ordinance,-- including the application of the appellant. It would be useful, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, to mention that I treat this appeal only by Abbas Ali Shah and not by the other 46 persons. The other 46 persons `have not filed any appeal against the impugned order. Mr. Nazir Ahmad Naz, however, submitted that as the - learned Court disposed of all the appli--cations by a common order, therefore, the appeal by Abbas Ali Shah may be treated on behalf of all the other 46 persons. This cannot be done. All the 47 persons had individual rights and had to file separate applications under section 38 of the repealed Ordinance. The mere fact that the Labour Court disposed of all the applications by…

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