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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)-- ---S. 35--Territorial jurisdiction of Labour Courts--Bank employee, initially recruited and throughout posted in Branches located in N.-W.F.P., his services were terminated by Zonal Officer located in N.-W.F.P.--Termination order mentioning that Head Office at Karachi had advised Zonal Office to terminate his services--Plea that Labour Courts in N.-W.F.P. and those in Province of Sind or at Karachi had thus concurrent jurisdiction not accepted--Labour Court at Karachi, held, had no jurisdiction. DECISION This is an appeal filed by the appellant against an impugned order, dated 29-3-1987, passed by the Sind Labour Court No. Vth at Karachi, who had dismissed the grievance petition of the appellant under section 25-A, I.R.O. 1969. 2. Briefly stated the facts of the case are that the appellant claimed to have been employed as a Chowkidar with the respondent bank, having been appointed by the head office at Karachi, but have served for a long period of about 13 years in the Province of N.W.F.P. and lastly employed at the Shinkiari Branch, Thano Oghi, District Mansehra, N.W.F.P. The appellant claimed that on 24-4-1982 he was involved in a false case of murder and was in judicial custody till 23-11-7984 when he was enlarged on bail and that he had informed the Zonal management at Abbottbad about these facts and requested for grant of leave for the absence. He claimed that when after release on bail, he reported for the duty, he was told that his services were already dismissed. The claim of the appellant was further that on 25-4-1984 he was acquitted from the charge by the Sessions Judge, Mansehra on account of a compromise and when again reported for duty alongwith the Judgment, he was not allowed to do so and instead a photo copy of a letter, dated 21-11-1982 terminating his service was delivered to him against which he submitted a departmental appeal which was too rejected so his grievance petition under section 25-A, 1.R.0. 1969 before the learned Labour Court No. Vth at Karachi. 3. The respondent bank, instead of resisting the petition on merits, had raised legal objection on the maintainability of the grievance…

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