Law: Industrial Relations Ordinance, (XXIII of 1969)

Section: 15

Law: Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)

Section: A. XXXIX, rr, 2

  Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969), S. 15 read with Civil Procedure Lode (V of 1908), A. XXXIX, rr. I do 2 Transfers of employees--Can be made on exigencies of business -Transfer of almost all office bearers of Employees' Union made after formation and registration of Union and while determination of Collective Bargaining Agent pending, hold, made to defeat purpose of referendum-Prima facie case, held, made out for issue of ad interim injunction.                                                                                                                                                     ORDER In this application under Order XXXIX, rules 1 and 2, C. P. C.; the applicant-seeks ad interim injunction restraining the respondents from posting him outside Karachi till the decision of the application under section 34 of the 1. R. O., 1969. The applicant's case is that he is the President of the Employees' Union of the respondent-Industries. There is another Union in the same Industries namely "Telephone Industries Staff Union" which, according to the applicant, is the Pocket Union of the respondent-Management and, as such, had lost the confidence o1 the workers. Consequently, they formed the "Employees' Union", arid applied to the Registrar for holding the referendum to ascertain the Collective Bargaining Agent. The Registrar of Trade Unions has asked for the required information from the "Was and the date for the Referendum is expected to be fixed to the near future. The respondents, however, started harassing and victimizing the office-bearers of the Employees'…