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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969) ----S.25 A West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968), S.O. 15(3)(e) Dismissal from service Grievance petition, maintainability of Employee was dismissed from service after issuing charge sheet and holding enquiry against him on allegation of unauthorised leave for more than ten days Employee though served grievance notice to the employers in time, but filed grievance petition after a long delay of fourteen months without furnishing any satisfactory explanation for the delay Merely because employee was poor illiterate person and was unaware of legal position, delay in filing grievance petition could not be condoned because ignorance of law was no excuse Allegation against employee having been proved, grievance petition was rightly dismissed by the Labour Court both on ground of delay as well as on merits. 1981 PLC 103; PLD 1975 SC 22; PLD 1976 SC 195 and PLD 1989 SC 130 ref. Gohar Iqbal for Appellant AND Syed Oamaruddin Hassan for Respondents. Date of hearing: 7th December, 2000. DECISION Aggrieved by order, dated 17th February, 2000 of the Sindh Labour Court No.V, Karachi, the appellant Inayat Hussain Mirza has filed this appeal. The appellant's case, as stated in his grievance petition, is that he was employed as driver in the Respondents Airways Corporation with effect from 16 9 1987. In addition to drivers' job he was also performing the duties of Traffic Assistant Special Handling. However on 20 7 1998 his services were brought to an end by letter of that date on the alleged ground of retrenchment and re organization, though actual reason of termination of his A services, according to his own version, was his tussel with the Station Master based at Karachi. Clarifying the tussel further it was stated that on the 4th July, 1998 the Station Master took the appellant into confidence by telling him that a lady passenger, Miss Marhaba, had arrived from Tashqand with some contraband articles in her possession and therefore, the appellant was to escort the lady from arrival lounge to out of the Airport premises. But the appellant refused to do that. Thereupon the…

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