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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)- S. 25-A-Laches-Workman continuously representing his grievance to management without any result-Time spent on such representation, held, would not support plea of laches against workman. Zia Mahmood Mirza for Appellant. Saadulla Mumtaz for Respondent. ORDER This is an appeal preferred against an order dated 6-8-74 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Junior Labour Court, Rawalpindi on a petition of the respondent by which order the petition was accepted, hence this appeal by the Management. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties at length and have gone through the record of the Junior Labour Court as well as the impugned order. 3. Facts leading to this appeal were that respondent is a Foreman. His grievance was that through an agreement dated 15-4-71 between the Manage­ment and the Union, he had been granted grade II for which he had been qualified after completion of his three years service An extract of that settlement is Exh. P. A. 4. Learned counsel for the appellant has attacked the order of the Junior Labour Court on the ground that Exh. P. A. cannot be termed as a settlement. At the most it is an agreement and an agreement cannot be enforced as it is not a right guaranteed by law, award or settlement. Exhibit P. A. is a photostat copy of an order by the Secretary P. R. T.…

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