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1976 P L C 930 [Labour Appellate Tribunal Punjab] Present: M. Jamil Asghar, Appellate Tribunal MURAD KHAN Versus OFFICER INCHARGE, QADDAFI STADIUM, LAHORE Appeal No. LHR-112 of 1976, decided on 17th June 1976. Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)----- -----S 2(xiv)-"Industry"-Definition-Board of Control for Cricket having its main object to promote and develop game of cricket in Pakistan-Held, not an "industry" within meaning of S. 2(xiv). K. G. Old v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court Etc. P L D 1976 Lah. 1097 and Cricket Club of India's case (1969) 1 L L J 775 ref. Ejaz Anwar for Appellants. Javed Altaf for Respondent. JUDGMENT These are separate appeals against the decision dated 1-4-1976 of Punjab Labour Court, No. 1, Lahore, given under section 25-A of Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969. 2. Murad Khan, Muhammad Siddique, Muhammad Aslam, Chiragh Din, Murad 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 stand to file the petitions. This objection was overruled by the learned Labour Court. 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…

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