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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)-- ---Ss. 25-A & 38(3)--Grievance petition--Fixation of pay--Increment-­Petitioner found to be entitled to an additional increment in N.P.S. 9 at time of his transfer/move over from N.P.S. 8 to N.P.S.9 or from N.P.S. 9 to N.P.S 10--Order of Labour Court dismissing grievance petition of petitioner was set aside. Constitutional Petition No. 56 of 1978 rel. S.P. Lodhi for Appellant. Abdul Aziz for Respondents. Date of hearing: 31st May, 1986. DECISION This is an appeal filed by Aftab Ahmed Siddiqui against the impugned order, dated 29-11-1984, passed by the learned Sind Labour Court No.II, Karachi, rejecting the grievance petition filed under section 25-A, I.R.O. 1969. 2. The brief facts of the case are that the appellant was a Driver in the respondent Railway in N.P.S.8. He reached the maximum of N.P.S.8 on 1-12-1975 and according to the policy moved over in N.P.S.9 on 1-12-1976 and his salary was fixed at Rs.440 instead of Rs.460. In May,1977, the pay scales were revised and on revision, the salary of the appellant was fixed at Rs.634 and, thereafter, the respondent, without assigning any reason and arbitrarily reduced his salary to Rs.612, vide letter, dated 5-2-1978. That the fixation at proper stop stage in the revised scale was to be done by allowing an increase of 10% in the basic pay plus the dearness allowance. That on 1-12-1980, the appellant had reached at Rs.700, the maximum in N.P.S.9 and hence, he was to be switched/moved over to next higher scale N.P.S.10 and be fixed at Rs.712 and thus, with an increment of this scale, i.e Rs.25, making his pay at Rs.736 be fixed with effect from 1-7-1981, but the respondent fixed at Rs.700, which would have been fixed with effect from 1-12-1979. Thus, due to the wrong fixations, the appellant caused accumulated recurring loss of Rs.130 per month in his pay and on that basis there was also recurring loss in conveyance and running allowance. As the grievance of the appellant was not redressed by the respondents, therefore, he filed a grievance petition under section 25-A, I.R.O. 1969, before the learned Labour Court on 29-12-1983. 3. The contentions of the…

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