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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)- --- S. 2(xiv)-"Industry"-Qaddafi Stadium having main object to pro­mote and develop game of cricket in Pakistan-Not an industry within meaning of S. 2(xiv) Mr. K. G. Old Principal v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court etc. Writ Petition No. 1210 of 1973 P L D 1976 Lab. 1097. Cricket Club of India's case (1969) 1 L L J 775 rel. Ejaz Anwar for Appellants. Javed Altof for Respondent. Date of hearing: 4th June 1976. JUDGMENT These are separate appeals against the decision 1-4-1976 of Punjab Labour Court, No. 1, Lahore, given under section 25-A of Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969. 2. Murad Khan, Mohammad Siddique, Mohammad Aslam, Chiragh Din, Murid Hussain, Wazir Ali and Abdul Jabbar, appellants were employees of Qaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Their services were terminated on 17-3-1975. They challenged the orders of termination of their services by separate petitions before the learned Labour Court, which dismissed the same vide the decision under appeal. 3. Aggrieved by the above decisions, the appellants have filed separate appeals. Since the point involved in all these appeals is the same, they will be disposed of together by one order, 4. Before the learned Labour Court, the respondent had taken preliminary objection that since the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan was not an industry within the meaning of section 2 of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969, the appellants had no locus stands to file the petitions. The learned Labour Court overruled this objection. The respondent had also taken another objection before the learned Labour Court that the petitions were not competent as the respondent Board was neither a commercial nor an industrial establishment within the meaning of industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968. This objection was upheld. In appeal the learned counsel for the respondent again reiterated the preliminary objection that the respondent Board was not an industry within the meaning of Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969. He relied on the judgment of the High Court in the Writ Petition No. 1210 of 1973 entitled Mr. K. G. Old Principal v. Presiding Officer,…

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