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Industrial dispute-- --- Age, determination of--Medical certificate--Opinion based upon general appearance has no evidentiary value in presence of opinion based upon X-ray reports. . JUDGMENT The appeal captioned above merges from the decision dated 29-6-1988 recorded by learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No.4, Faisalabad whereby the respondent has been directed to be reinstated in service with all consequential benefits. 2. The facts are that the respondent was retired by order dated 21-6-1986. The respondent was got medically examined and the doctor issued two certificates bearing the same date. The first medical certificate is Exh.P-2 in which the doctor assessed the age of the respondent as fifty-one years. On the same date, he issued another certificate Exh. R-4 giving the age as 58 years. In Exh.R-4 it is mentioned that the respondent was got X-rayed but in Exh.P-2 there is no such indication. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the appellant that since certificate Ex.P-2 issued by the doctor is based upon general appearance it has no evidentiary value and that since the opinion expressed in certificate R-4 is based upon the X-ray reports, therefore, the learned lower…

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