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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)-- ---S. 25-A--Workman kept waiting for orders--Such order, held, could be passed for a very short period to make arrangement to put an employee on duty and cannot be prolonged--Labour Court, held, rightly accepted grievance petition for discontinuance of such order. Muhammad Nawaz for Appellants. Muhammad Azam for Respondent. Date of hearing: 14th January, 1989. JUDGMENT The appeal captioned above challenges the decision dated 24-9-1988 recorded by learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No. 3, Lahore at Ferozewala whereby the grievance petition of the respondent for the recovery of wages with effect from 26-5-1986 onward and for setting aside the order `waiting for orders' was accepted. 2. The respondent was a cleaner and was promoted as Fireman vide order dated 25-5-1986. His case is that he performed duty on 26-5-1986 and 27-5-1986 and thereafter was kept waiting for orders. The wages from 26-5-1986 onward were refused to the respondent for the reason that he had remained absent. Sheikh Munir was transferred and in his place the respondent was promoted as Fireman. Sheikh Munir challenged the order of his promotion and this caused the trouble for which the respondent was not given duty and was kept waiting for orders. RW-2 had as observed by the learned lower Court admitted in the cross­examination that the respondent had been trying to get the duty. A person who tries to…

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