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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)-- ---S. 25-A--Grievance petition--Presentation of--Presentation by counsel--Improper--Petitioner himself appearing before Labour Court within limitation period and pursuing case--Petition, in circumstances, held, would be considered as properly presented even if earlier presentation was improper. 1985 P L C 413ref. Ch. Sadiq Muhammad Warraich for Appellants. Tanveer Bashir Ansari for Respondent. Date of hearing: 5th October, 1985. JUDGMENT The twenty-six appeals captioned above arise from the orders, dated 24-7-1985 recorded by the learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No. 6, Rawalpindi, whereby following 1985 P L C 413 the grievance petitions of the appellants were dismissed on the short ground that they were not presented by appellants in person or by their shop towards or the C.B.A. As the law point involved in all the 26 appeals is common, all of them are being disposed of together through this single judgment. 2. So far as appeals mentioned at serial Nos. 1 to 12 are concerned, firstly the appellants had given grievance notice to the respondent for being treated as confirmed employees. Thereafter, when the appellants were terminated from service treating them as temporary and they served another grievance notice asking for their re-instatement and when no reply came, they brought separate grievance petitions for being re-instated in service as permanent employees. All the grievance petitions, however, were presented by the lawyer Ch. Sadiq Muhammad Warraich. The learned lower Court has held that since the grievance petitioners were not presented by the appellants themselves, the presentation was not proper. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the appellants that as the appellants appeared in person on 14-9-1983 in person when still the period of limitation for presenting the grievance petitions was available, the petitions could not be dismissed for improper presentation. On the other hand it has been argued by the learned counsel for the respondent that since initially the petitions were presented not by the appellants or their shop steward or the C.B.A. the personal appearance, if any, on…

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