Law: Industrial Relations Ordinance, (XXIII of 1969)

Section: 38

Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969) S. 38-Transfer of case from one Labour Court to another-Sufficient ground - Application filed 6 years earlier before Labour Court K--Cause of action arose within jurisdiction of Labour Court K which already seized of matter-Respondents residing within its jurisdiction-Transfer sought for on ground, that headquarter of applicant shifted to H-Ground, in circumstances, held, not sufficient for transfer. Date of hearing : 2nd November, 1980.                                                                                                                                                ORDER This is an application by the Assistant Engineer, Maintenance Sub -Division, praying for the transfer of Applications Nos. 26/74, 27/74 and 28/74, all under section 50 (1), I. R. O. from the learned Fifth Labour Court at Karachi to the learned Sixth Labour Court at Hyderabad. The sole ground on which the transfer application has been based is that the Machinery Maintenance Sub-Division, which was originally based at Karachi, has sine: been shifted to Hyderabad and all the employees of that Sub-Division accordingly are now working at Hyderabad. This cannot be considered to be a sufficient ground for the transfer of the application in question. It appears that the said applications were filed in the year 1974, but because of appeals having…