MUHAMMAD YAQUB vs MANAGING DIRECTOR, PUNJAB VEGETABLE GHEE AND — 1963 PLC 973

Citation: 1963 PLC 973

Court: Industrial Court

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-11-18

Parties: MUHAMMAD YAQUB vs MANAGING DIRECTOR, PUNJAB VEGETABLE GHEE AND GENERAL MILLS LTD., LAHORE

Headnotes

Case cited as 1963 PLC 973

Judgment Text

Court Name: Industrial Court Judge(s): Muhammad Jamil Asghar, Ch. Muhammad Ishaque Title:MUHAMMAD YAQUB vs MANAGING DIRECTOR, PUNJAB VEGETABLE GHEE AND GENERAL MILLS LTD., LAHORE Case No.: Date of Judgment:1969-11-18 Reported As: 1970 PLC 137 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER M. JAMIL ASGHAR (CHAIRMAN).-Muhammad Yaqub petitioner was employed as a Chemist in the Mills of the respondent known as Punjab Vegetable Ghee and General Mills Ltd., Lahore, on 22-6- 1963. From the year 1967, be started getting a salary of Rs. 1,000 per month. On 28-4-1969, the petitioner received a fresh appointment letter from the Managing Director of the Mills to the effect that from 17-4-1969, his status was reduced to that of a probationer, removable from service without notice. The other employees of the respondent's concern, who had also been treated in a similar way, agitated the matter before the respondent vide joint notice representation on 3-5- 1969. The respondent under a mistaken belief that the petitioner was also responsible for sending the notice representa--tion issued a frivolous charge-sheet and dismissed him from service, with effect from 13-5-1969. The petitioner served a notice on the respondent on 14-5-1969 that the services of the petitioner could have only been terminated by giving him one month's prior notice or one month's notice pay amounting to Rs. 1,000 in lieu thereof. He also claimed gratuity at the rate of 15 days' salary per year for six completed years of service amounting…

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