The appeal is directed against an order dated 26-6-1996, rendered by the Punjab Labour Court No. 3, Lahore, at Ferozewala, by which the main petition of the United Bank Limited Employees' Union, filed under section 34 read with sections 22-A(12), 15 and 53 of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969, on 10-6-1996, alongwith an application for grant of ad interim injunction, has been dismissed.
2. The learned Presiding Officer of the Labour Court has held, and rightly so, that the main petition is couched in general terms and does not call in question any specific order, causing a particular grievance or grouse to the union or its members. The basis of the request made are only apprehensions or fears of the employees, who think, they will be transferred on a large scale by the management, in order to smash their lawful trade I union activities. Unless, however, the appellant body can lay hands upon or pinpoint mala fide motives or ulterior intentions, expressed in a manifest manner, it cannot just be assumed or taken for granted that the management is imbued with malice or vindictiveness. Well, if indeed, the apprehensions of the union are well-founded, and the alleged intentions entertained by the management are likely to be translated into reality, in no distant future, it is open to the union to approach the N.I.R.C. For curbing or restraining apprehended acts of alleged unfair labour practice.
3. I do not find myself inclined, in the least, to interfere with the impugned decision delivered by the Labour Court, which is hereby upheld. The appeal has no merit and is dismissed with costs.