' In this appeal the decision, dated 1st September, 1982 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court No, 2, Lahore has been challenged, whereby the grievance petition of the appellant for his reinstatement in service was dismissed.
2. Services of the appellant were terminated by the respondent without any written order on 14th December, 1981 without paying service benefits. The learned lower Court has found that at the time of the termination of services of the appellant there were less than 20 workers and that vide receipt R. 1 the appellant had received all his dues and had of his own accord left service. The solitary witness examined by the appellant said that at present there were about sixty workers. Almost the same is the statement of the appellant. This oral evidence stands completely controverted by attendance register R. 2 and pay register R. 3 according to which at the time of the termination of service of the appellant the total number of the workers was eight only. The appellant admitted his signature on R. .3 and his attendance on R.
2. He also said that the attendance of the workers was marked in R. 2 and that all the workers while getting their pay used to put their signatures on R.
3. He did not say the attendance of some workers was not marked in R. 2 and that some workers were paid their wages without obtaining signatures in R.
3. The number of workers being less than 20. Standing Orders 'Ordinance is not applicable to the respondent under section 1(4) and there is no right guaranteed to the appellant for infringement of which he could come to the Labour Court. His petition therefore was rightly dismissed.
' As upshot of the discussion made above I do not find any force in the appeal and dismiss it in limine.