DECISION ' This appeal arises from order of the Third Sindh Labour Court, Karachi dismissing the petition of the appellants under section 25-A of the I . R . 0 .
2. It is the case of the appellants that they were employees of Dada Bhoy Silk Mills the respondent, and working in the Dyeing Section. That on 9-9-1980 they were gate-stopped and their services were terminated.
3. It is the case of the respondents that the appellants were not their employees and the Dyeing Section had been given to Mr. Farooq Shaikh on contract basis.
4. The learned Labour Court held that the workmen had not proved their relationship of workers and employers and there was no evidence to suggest that the appellants had ever been employed by the Silk Mills.
5. , The Advocate for the appellants is absent. Only one appellant Mr. Alamgir is present in person.
He admits that he has no appointment order, card or ticket to show that he was employee of the Silk Mills. The burden lies on the appellant's workmen to prove their relationship of employment with the respondent Mills. In the absence of any evidence it cannot be said that these 11 workmen were employees of the Silk Mills. The petitions of these workmen have, therefore, rightly been dismissed.
There is no ground for interference with the decision of the Labour Court. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.