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1976 P L D 669 [Labour Court Punjab (Northern Zone)] Present: Sardar Muhammad, Abdul Ghafoor Khan Lodhi, Presiding Officer MESSRS EVERGOINWEST Versus JAHANDAD KHAN Petition No. 164 of 1973, decided on 30th April 1973. Payment of Wages Act (IV of 1936)- -­-- S. 20(a) - Jurisdiction - Company having bead office at A and site at place B---Labour Courts at both places, held, have jurisdic­tion-Workman working at site claiming wages. held, could approach Labour Court either at place of site or head office. JUDGMENT Messrs Evergoinwest, appellant, has come up in appeal against the deci­sion dated 14-3-1973 delivered by Mr. M. A. Razzaq, Presiding Officer, Junior Labour Court No. 1, Lahore, whereby the petitioner of the respondent was accepted and the appellant was ordered to pay difference between the pay which the respondent use to get from the appellant and the pay which he had been getting in the military while re-called on active service. The objection taken in the appeal is that the Lahore Labour Courts have no jurisdiction, because the respondent was posted at Muzaffargarh before he went on active service and was again posted there when he was discharged from the military. Admittedly the Head Office is at Lahore and at Muzaffargarh is only the site Office. The prayer of the petitioner is only for the payment of difference in the pay which he was getting in the appellant-Company and in the military, ad hoc relief, overtime, house rent allowance, medical allowance and bonus. The cause of grievance could arise to the respondent when the amounts claimed by him were refused. If the cause of grievance accrued to the respondent at Muzaffargarh, the Junior Labour Court, Muzaffargarh, had jurisdiction but since admittedly the Head Office is at Lahore, according to section 20 clause (a) the Lahore Courts have also jurisdiction. It was therefore, sweet will of the respondent to bring action either at Muzaffargarh, or at Lahore and if he chose the Lahore forum, it cannot be said that the Lahore Labour Courts have no territorial…

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