1. DECISION Heard Mr. Abdul Majid Pathan for the appellant.
2. ' The services of the appellant were terminated by the Public Health Engineering Division, Larkana.
3. The appellant served a grievance notice and subsequently filed an application under section 25-A before the Labour Court, Larkana. The Labour Court held that provisions of Standing Orders Ordinance are not applicable to the applicant and he accordingly dismissed the application for want of jurisdiction.
2. The learned counsel, for the appellant admits that the applicant was a Government servant. He would therefore be governed by the Civil Servant Act unless he came under the definition of workman under the Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance. It has been argued by Mr. Abdul Majid Pathan that Public Health Engineering Department is a factory and therefore the appellant's case comes under the exception provided in the Ordinance. Under the Ordinance the factory has been defined as any premises where manufacturing process is being carried on with the aid of power. By no stretch of imagination can Public Health Engineering Department be included within the definition of factory, such Government servants come within the definition of civil servants under the Civil Servants Act and their terms and conditions of service are governed under that Act.
4. ' Under the circumstances the Labour Court rightly held that the application was not maintainable for want of jurisdiction. This appeal is therefore summarily dismissed.