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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)--- ---Ss. 2(xxviii) & 25-A---Grievance petition---Maintainability---Grievance petition filed by employee against his termination was resisted by employer on ground that employee was not a "workman", but was performing supervisory work---Court dismissed petition on short ground that employee was not a workman, therefore, petition did not lie---Record unmistakably pointed out that employee was a senior officer drawing a pay of Rs.15,850 per month and his work did not involve any work of clerical or manual nature, but required application of mind and supervision of works done by others---On his own showing employee was getting car allowance, entertainment allowance and servant allowance apart from Air-conditioners, furniture and telephone at his residence---Grievance petition of employee was rightly dismissed not being maintainable, in circumstances. National Bank of Pakistan v. Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal and others 1993 PLC 221; Shahi Bottlers v. Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal and others 1993 SCMR 1370 and General Manager, Hotel Intercontinental, Lahore and others v. Bashir A. Malik and others PLD 1986 SC 103 ref. M.M. Jeelani for Appellant. Muhammad Faruq Abdul Ghani, Representative for Respondents. Date of hearing: 11th August, 1993 DECISION The circumstances in which this appeal against the dismissal of the petition under section 25-A, IRO has arisen, in brief are as follows: -- 2. The petitioner in his petition averred that he was employed as a "permanent workman" and nothing more. However, it appears from the written statement filed on behalf of the respondent, that he was an officer in the Regional Credit Department drawing a salary of Rs.15,850 per month. 3. On 14-5-1990 his services came to be terminated as the same were no longer required by the Bank. Thereupon he had sent a grievance notice on the 4th of August, 1990 and as no satisfaction could be accorded, he had filed a petition before the Labour Court. It appears that initially the petitioner had accepted the amounts due in his favour from the Bank, alongwith the Provident Fund, but on second thought had returned the same through a Cheque.…

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