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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)- ---Ss.25-A & 38(3)--Grievance notice and petition--Appellant, Assistant Station Master, awarded punishment of withholding of annual increment for one year on charge of having remained absent from duty for about one year-Grievance notice and grievance petition found to be hopelessly time-barred--No specific explanation having been submitted for the delay, grievance petition was liable to be dismissed--Guilt of appellant having been established, punishment awarded, held, was quite correct and had to be maintained--No reason to interfere with impugned order--Appeal dismissed. DECISION This is an appeal filed by the appellant against an impugned order, dated 1-11-1984, passed by the Sind Labour Court No. VII Sukkur, who had dismissed the petition of the appellant under section 25-A, I.R.O. 1969. 2. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant was working in the capacity of Station plaster, posted on Relief List under the control of respondent at Sukkur and was being directed to work as and when required where there was need. It was claimed by the appellant that on 28-10-1979, the respondent had imposed illegal penalty of W.I.P. for one year upon him i.e. with holding annual increment permanently for one year upon the appellant that this punishment was not provided in the Efficiency Discipline Rules 1975 and the implementation of this punishment had caused heavy financial loss to the appellant continuously. Further, the case of the appellant was that by virtue of this punishment the appellant will be in concurrence loss till his entire life period, therefore, being aggrieved with this action of the respondent, he had submitted grievance petition before the learned Labour Court. 3. The respondent resisted the petition on the ground that as the appellant was not a workman, therefore, his petition was not maintainable as even no right guaranteed or secured by him had been infringed. On merits, it was the case of the respondent that from 27-12-1978 to 23-10-1979, the appellant had remained absent without…

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