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Petitioner: ABDUL SATTAR VS Respondent: AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN, JUDGMENT
Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Sardar Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Khan Lodhi Title:ABDUL SATTAR vs AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN,
JUDGMENT
Reported As: 1986 PLC 502 Result: Appeal accepted Judgment JUDGMENT The order dated 25-5-1985 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No. 9, Multan has been challenged, whereby the grievance petition of the appellant was rejected on the ground that it was not presented by him in person but was presented by his counsel. 2. No doubt, it has been held by the High Court that presentation, of grievance petition by the counsel is not proper but the present case is different. This is true that the petition was presented by the lawyer but since within limitation the appellant appeared and pursued the case, the petition could not be rejected. Grievance notice was issued A on 10-5-1982. Limitation for the presentation of the grievance petition was upto 25-7-1982. The appellant appeared in person on 15-6-1982 to pursue the case. So, on the said date the grievance petition stood properly presented by the appellant himself. There is no force in the argument that since on 27-5-1982 when the petition was presented by the lawyer, the appellant was not present, it was immaterial that on 15-6-1982 he had appeared in person. Suppose the petition had been sent by post, the presentation would not be proper, but it became proper when the appellant appeared in person within limitation. 3. As a result, the appeal is accepted and setting aside the impugned order, the case is sent back for decision on merits. A.E.