' This is an appeal preferred against an order dated 8th December, 1975 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Junior Labour Court, Sheikhupura at Ferozewala on a petition made to that Court under section 25-A of I. R. O., 1969. Petition was accepted hence Management has come is appeal.
2. I have heard the learned counsel of the parties and have gone through the record of the Junior Labour Court as well as the impugned order. Respondent joined service in the Suraj Ghee Industries before it was taken over by the Government as General Duty Clerk and was redesignated as Security Inspector on 1st November, 1972. He is an ex-policeman. This is admitted position of the parties that when Ghee Plants were taken over by the Government a board was set up and that board in order to unify the terms and conditions of services decided to redesignate its Security Staff Requisite qualification for Security Staff of a Ghee Unit were ex-employee of Military and not of police. Security Inspector could only be employed if he was Naib Subaidar or Subaidar of Pakistan Army. Respondent is admittedly not an ex-employee of the Army so he could not be retained. It is alleged by the appellant that there were three employees of this category but as they were already employed therefore they were retained and were designated as Head Watchmen. Chairman Industrial Development Board also prescribed different grades of pay of different categories of Ghee Industries. As Security Inspector he was getting 175-10-325. Now the new pay scale of Security Inspector starts from 250. New pay scale of Head Watchman is 150-15-240 as 20-360. This Is the admitted position of the parties that duties of Head Watchman and Security Inspector are one and the same. This is again admitted position of the parties that respondent was getting Rs, 247 per mouth. In the new pay scale he has to get Rs, 249 p. m. Pay scales and redesignation has been made to keep uniformity in all the taken over Ghee Mills.
3. Learned counsel for the respondent has contended that respondent was never given personal hearing before redesignating him and fixing him in the pay scale of a Head Watchman. I do not think it was necessary in the instant case as respondent has benefited in his previous scale of Security Inspector. He was getting Rs, 10 as increment whereas now he has been allowed Rs, 15 as increment. He has to get benefits of Rs, 2 in his present pay. Employer has full authority to redesignate or to revise requisite qualification for a certain designation. There were 4 Security Inspectors but 3 of them including the present respondent were not ex-employees of the Army so they were redesignated as Head Watchman. It has effected their terms and conditions of service.
All this was done by the Chairman, Ghee Board. For this purpose he constituted a Committee.
Representatives of the employees were also members of that Committee.
4. In that view of the matter I find that order of the Junior Labour Court is not sustainable. It is hereby set aside and appeal is accepted.