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1982 SCMR 950

PAKISTAN CYCLE INDUSTRIAL CO OPERATIVE SOCIETYLIMITED vs MUHAMMAD

Citation1982 SCMR 950
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Civil Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 210 of 1982 Writ Petition No. 564
Date1982-04-19
Judge(s)Nasim Hasan Shah, Muhammad Afzal Zullah
ResultPetition dismissed

ORDER

MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, J.--This petition for leave to appeal calls in question judgment dated.

17-2-1982 of the Lahore High Court, whereby a constitutional petition arising out of a matter dealt with under the Labour Laws, was dismissed in limine.

2. According to the learned counsel, the petitioner's (employer) case before the Labour Court was that the respondent No. I (workman) having been imprisoned on account of a sentence awarded to him by a Military Court, therefore, the latter's services were terminated simply on account of his being not available for rendering service to the petitioners : and, further that it was not a removal on account of his having taken any part in the strike which was declared illegal.

3. The learned Single Judge in the High Court noticed the charge-sheet, and the statement made by Mr. Zakaullah (R. W. 11) General Duty Officer of the petitioner before the Labour Court and observed that the termination of the respondent's services on the purported ground that he was physically imprisoned in a Jail, was "a mere device adopted by the petitioner to avoid holding of domestic inquiry into the allegations against the respondent and, therefore, could not be construed as termination simpliciter". In these circumstances, the learned Judge declined to interfere in writ jurisdiction the High Court as it was not considered a fit case to do so. The approach of the learned Single Judge is unexceptionable. We have not been shown: any reason why this Court should interfere with the impugned order. This petition accordingly is dismissed.

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