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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)- ---Ss.25-A & 38(3)--Termination of services--Relation of master and servant--Appellant workers failing to produce any documentary evidence in support of their claim that they were employees of respondent establishment--Direct and positive evidence existing to the effect that factory where appellants used to work was being run by a contractor and such contractor employed workers and carried out job in view of contract--Appellants failed to shake said evidence-­Burden to prove relationship of master and servant which was entirely upon appellant workers was not discharged by them--Grievance petition of workers against order of their termination, held, was rightly dismissed in circumstances. Ali Ahmad for Appellants. Khursheed Ahmad Siddiqi for Respondent. Date of hearing: 14th January, 1987. DECISION These are eight appeals filed by the appellants against an impugned order, dated 30-4-1986, passed by the Sind Labour Court No.I, Karachi, who had dismissed the grievance petitions of the appellants. As the facts and circumstances o€ the impugned order in these appeals are common and similar, therefore, I would dispose of all these eight appeals by this single decision. 2. Briefly stated the case of the appellants was that they were worker of the respondent establishment and allegedly they had formed a Kurmai Company Workers' Union on 22-6-1985, and the information of which alongwith the names of the office-bearers was communicated to the establishment. That, it was alleged by the appellants that on receipt of this information the respondent establishment became furious and pressed the President of the said Union to desist from the union activities or to face time consequences. That on 4-7-1985, when they alleged to have reported for duty then, they were informed through one Muhammad Ismail that the management had decided to close down the whole establishment with immediate effect and it was alleged that they were informed that the establishment would not be re-opened until and unless trade union activities would not be given up by the appellants. The appellants claimed that as their services were terminated…

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