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Petitioner: ABDUL LATIF VS Respondent: PIONEER STEEL MILLS LIMITED, MURIDKE
Court Name: Labour Appellate Tribunal Judge(s): Sardar Muhammad Abdul Ghafoor Khan Lodhi Title: ABDUL LATIF vs PIONEER STEEL MILLS LIMITED, MURIDKE Case No.: Appeal No. QSA-474 of 1974 Date of Judgment:1985-04-29 Reported As: 1986 PLC 467 Result: Orders accordingly
JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT The decision, dated 19-7-1984 recorded by the learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No. 3, Lahore at Ferozewala has been challenged to the extent it disallowed back benefits. 2. The ground given for disallowing back benefits is that the appellant was responsible for the delay in the disposal of the case. This ground is not made out from the record. The counsel for the appellant namely Mr. Muhammad Ikram had been arrested and for this reason the appellant had been making requests for adjournment. These were genuine requests for adjournment. The appellant stated in the statement that he remained jobless since the time of his removal from service, he was, therefore, entitled to the back benefits. At the same time the appellant is not entitled to full back benefits, since he did not make any alternate arrangement to engage a new counsel after his counsel had been arrested. The appeal is, therefore, partly accepted and the appellant is allowed 50$ back benefits.