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Industrial dispute---- ----Transfer of workman-Right of employer-Rules of establish­ment providing liability of transfer-Non-mention of such liability in appointment order-Does not mean that workman could not be transferred from station of his initial appointment-Grievance petition against transfer order, held, rightly rejected by Labour Court--Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969), Ss. 25-A do 38. S. P. Lodhi for Appellant. Date of hearing : 23rd August, 1982. ORDER The appellant, who prior to 1972 was a free-lance Writer for different newspapers including Daily Mashriq was appointed as a clerk in the National Press Trust, vide letter, dated 15th March, 1972. He continued in the capacity of clerk in the National Press Trust till 1977, though during this period he appears to have written some articles for news­papers. On the strength of these articles, the appellant, vide his applica­tion, dated 24th December, 1971 requested that he may be taken up on the reporting side of the Daily Mashriq Ltd. By the order, photo copy of which appears at page 185 of the record of the learned Labour Court, he was appointed on purely temporary basis as Junior Proof Reader with effect from 1st January, 1978. The appellant subsequently, by order, dated 25th September, 1980 was transferred to work in the Daily Mashriq, Quetta. The appellant took exception to his transfer to Quetta on the ground that he had been appointed only for the Karachi office of Daily Mashriq Ltd., and was note liable to be transferred to Quetta. The appellant's stand in this behalf was rejected by the management. Instead of joining duties at Quetta, as directed in the management's order, dated 25th September, 1920 the appellant tiled a grievance petition before the learned Vth Labour Court, challenging his orders of transfer to Quetta and reinstatement in service at Karachi with back wages. 2. The learned Labour Court has repelled the appellant's contention that he was not liable to transfer mainly on the basis of rule 8 of the Rules framed in 1971 for the employees of the Daily Mashriq, which rule reads as follows :-- "Every employee of Mashriq Ltd. will be liable to be transferred to any place in…

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