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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)---- ---S.25-A(1), (3) & (4)--Grievance notice and Grievance petition-Limitation--Bank employee aggrieved of termination of service--Not filing grievance notice within 3 months of date of impugned order but filing appeal after about a month--No reply received on appeal and on further reminder informed after about 6 months that appeal was rejected whereafter filing grievance notice within 3 month--Grievance notice thus filed after about 12 months of cause of action, in circumstances, held, time-barred--Departmental appeal if considered as a grievance notice applicant, held, could file application before Labour Court within period prescribed under S.25-A(3) and (4) i.e. within 2 months after expiry of period of 15 days prescribed for employer's decision on grievance notice--Application filed much after expiry of such period, in circumstances, held, not maintainable as time-barred. H.A. Jaffery for Applicant. Iqbal Habib, Representative for Respondent. ORDER This is an application filed by the applicant under section 25-A of the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969, praying that he may be re-instated in service with back benefits. 2. The case of the applicant briefly stated is that he was working as an Officer Grade-2 in the United Bank Limited, Chundrigar Road Branch, Karachi, under the supervision of the Branch Manager. 3. That he received a charge-sheet, dated the 16th/19th February, 1981, alleging that while preparing various L/C proposals at Talpur Road Branch, the applicant had supplied fabricated figures concerning Messrs Standard Book Depot, Abco Traders and others. It was further alleged that approval was obtained for opening of L/C at 25$ margin for import of Ethunomide Pharmaceutical raw materials instead of Chemicals which was subject to 50% margin. 4. That on the basis of the above charge-sheet an enquiry was held against the applicant on 18-5-1981 onwards, and eventually, the services of the applicant were terminated vide respondent's letter, dated 13-4-1982. 5. That the applicant filed a departmental appeal on 11-5-1982. He did not receive any reply from the respondent and he, therefore, sent a…

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