This writ petition is directed against order dated 22.06.2017 passed by the Labour Court whereby the objection petition filed by the petitioners was dismissed.
2. Facts of the case briefly stated are that the respondents filed a grievance petition before the Labour Court for regularization of their service, which petition was contested by the petitioners.
Following the trial, the Labour Court allowed the grievance petition of the respondents, which order was challenged before the Labour Appellate Tribunal. The Labour Appellate Tribunal dismissed the said appeal by modifying the order of the Labour Court to the extent of the grant of back benefits.
The petitioners filed an objection application with the Labour Court in the execution proceedings claiming that TMA Sheikhupura became defunct on 31.12.2016 and in its place the Deputy Commissioner introduced the Schedule of Establishment under the Punjab Local Government Act, 2013 whereunder the names of the respondents were not mentioned as employees. It was furthermore stated that the petitioners were suffering from financial crunch and, therefore, cannot make the salaries of the respondents. The said petition was dismissed by the Labour Court, hence this writ petition.
3. It has been apprised to this Court that the order of the Labour Appellate Tribunal was challenged by the petitioners by filing Writ Petition No, 2399 of 2017, which has since been dismissed. Certified copy of order dated 11.09.2017 passed in the writ petition has also been placed on the record. The perusal of the said order shows that the petitioners have all along asserted that the respondents were not their employees, which fact was not found to be correct by the Labour Court, Labour Appellate Tribunal and finally by this Court. In the circumstances, the petition filed by the petitioners containing similar objections was rightly dismissed by the Labour Court. Be that as it may, the objection petition filed by the petitioners was in any case not maintainable before the Labour Court as the said Court was merely implementing its own orders.
4. The petitioners have failed to make out any case for interference in the impugned order of the Labour Court. This writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed.