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Citation: 1972 PLC 358
Court: Labour Court
Year: 1971
Decision Date: 1971-07-26
Parties: ZAHUR-UL-HAQUE vs EASTERN FEDERAL UNION INSURANCE Co. LTD., LAHORE
Case cited as 1972 PLC 358
Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): Sardar Muhammad Amir Akbar Khan Title: ZAHUR-UL-HAQUE vs EASTERN FEDERAL UNION INSURANCE Co. LTD., LAHORE Case No.: Petition No. 32 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-07-26 Reported As: 1972 PLC 358 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER At the the the petitioner was called upon to argue his petition, he stated that he did not want to produce any counsel for himself nor did be himself want to argue his petition and thereafter he left the Court. Arguments of the representative of the respondent were heard. This is an application under section 34 of the Industrial Relations Ordinance of 1969 by the petitioner that he was dismissed on 28-1-1971 when his case No. 155/70 was pending in Court. He challenges the order of his dismissal on the ground that during the pendency of the Petition No. 155/70, his dismissal was illegal as permission of the Labour Court was not obtained under section 47 of the Industrial Relations Ordinance. No other ground to challenge the validity of the older of dismissal has been urged in the petition. A perusal of Petition No. 155/70 shows that it was a complaint under Standing Order No. 18 of the West Pakistan :Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance of 1968 which cannot by any imagination be said to be an industrial dispute for the purposes of section 47 of the I. R. O. Pending in this Court. As such, permission of the Court was not necessary under section 47 of the I. R. O. For the dismissal of the…
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