Law: Industrial Relations Ordinance, (XXIII of 1969)

Section: 34, 2(xxiv), 39, 38(5)

(a) Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969) S. 34-Applicant not party to previous proceedings before Court-Not incompetent to make application-Informant not bound to be party to previous proceedings. (b) Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)  Ss. 2(xxiv) & 39---Settlement---Agreement arrived at not in conciliation proceedings---Copies not tent to conciliator and Provincial Government---Not a settlement binding on persons not party thereto---Petitioners not party to such agreement could not complain for non-compliance under S. 38(5). Date of hearing : 22nd September 1973.                                                                                                                                         ORDER This is a petition by Mohariimad Husiain, Noor Elahi, Manzoor Hussain, Karam Dad, petitioners, under section 38(5) of Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 for non-compliance of award dated 8-11-1971 of this Tribunal, so far as they are concerned. 2. The General Secretary of the West Pakistan Road Transport Workers' Union, Rawalpindi, raised an industrial dispute against Road Transport Corporation, Lahore, under section 5(5) of Industrial Disputes Ordinance, 1969, after the issuing of Failure Certificate dated 24-6-1966. There were 24 demands in all. 3. The Punjab Labour Court, Northern Zone, Lahore, now called Punjab Labour Court No. 1 gave an award dated 27-7-1971 accepting some of the demands and rejecting some of them. For the purposes of the instant petition award on Demands Nos. 1 and 3 are relevant. On demand No. 1 the award of the Labour Court was that the employees except mentioned at Serial Nos. 2, 5, 7, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26. 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35 and 36 were to be re-instated. They were, however, not given wages of the period after their dismissal to the time of their…