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Payment of Wages Act (IV of 1936)-------Ss. 15 & 17---Punjab Industrial Relations Act (XIX of 2010), S.47(5)---Claim for payment of dues---Employee filed application against the employer before Authority under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 for payment of certain dues i.e. gratuity, over time pay, notice pay etc., which were withheld by the employer---Authority decreed the claim of the employee and appeal filed by the employer against of Authority was dismissed---Validity---Employer did not produce Ledger of the company in the Trial Court where all the financial income and expenditures were entered---Employer, in circumstances, had withheld best evidence in the form of Ledger---Contentions raised by the employer were against the record---Concurrent findings of both courts below, which were not suffering from any misreading and non-reading of evidence, could not be disturbed, especially when the employer had failed to point out any illegality or exercise of jurisdiction which was not vested with the Authority---Judgment of Labour Court, was upheld, in circumstances. Muhammad Amin Malik for Petitioner. M. Nadeem Parwaz for Respondents. Date of hearing: 11th December, 2012. JUDGMENT HAFIZ ABDUR REHMAN ANSARI (CHAIRMAN).--- The petitioner-company filed instant revision petition against the order dated 10-2-2009 passed by Authority under the Payment of Wages Act and judgment dated 6-3-2010 passed learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No.9, Multan whereby Authority under the Payment of Wages Act accepted the claim of the respondent and Learned Presiding Officer, dismissed the appeal of the petitioner. 2. The brief facts of the instant revision petition are that respondent filed an application against Factory Manager Nauroz Associates (Pvt.) Ltd., Vehari Raod, Multan before the Authority under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Multan for the payment of his dues withheld by the petitioner i.e. gratuity equal to 21 months Rs.90,300/-, 25 days Salary for the month of January 2006 Rs.3583/-, one day over time pay Rs.286/-. 14 days annual leaves pay Rs.2006/-, one month notice pay Rs.4300/-, dearness allowance Rs.1800/-, total Rs.102,275/- with ten times…

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