DECISION ' This purports to be information submitted by one Abdul Sattar, a former workman of Gul Ahmad Texile Mills, for taking suo motu revision proceedings in respect of an order passed by the learned Fourth Labour Court on 2nd July, 1980, under section 51, L R.
0. The informant is aggrieved by the said order which does not award him back benefits. The informant himself is absent and has authorised his son Abdul Ghaffar to appear before this Tribunal, He has been heard.
2. The application by the informant under section 51. I. R.
0. Is based upon the decision of the learned Fourth Labour Court, dated 21st August, 1978. The said order does not specifically award any back benefits to the informant but directs that the termination order of the informant is set aside and the respondent-Mills were ordered to pay up to date legal dues to the applicant in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Ordinance and any other law for the time being in force. It may be pointed out that whereas previously under section 36-E, I. R.
0. Upon reinstatement in service, a wrongly dismissed or discharged worker was entitled normally to back benefits, no such provision now exist on the statute book and it has been left to the discretion of the Labour Court to pass such orders as may be appropriate in the circumstances of the case. There is, thus, no statutory provision requiring the respondent mills to pay back benefits to the informant consequent upon his reinstatement in service.
3. It may further be mentioned that the contention of the informant that the learned Labour Court by mistake and oversight has not considered the point of back benefits and has not discussed the same is wholly incorrect and false. The learned Labour Court in the third-last and second-last paragraphs of its order has fully discussed this issue and has awarded the informant a sum of Rs, 189.42 only as back benefits for 1414 flays only.
4. The information submitted by the informant is, thus, misconceived and I find no substance there-in. No grounds taking suo moty revision proceedings are made out.