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Industrial dispute--- ---- Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 199---Travelling allowance, entitlement to---Constitutional jurisdiction, exercise of---Employee who was employed against reserved quota of ex-servicemen in Railway as a Ticket Collector, was promoted as Special Ticket Examiner with orders of Court, but his claim for grant of travelling allowance was turned down---Employee who had never traveled during relevant period, was rightly found not entitled to grant of travelling allowance as claimed by him---Court below in holding that employee was not entitled to travelling allowance, having not committed any illegality, such order passed by its could not be interfered with in Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court. Ch. Hafeez Ahmad for Petitioner. Muhammad Nawaz for Respondents. Date of hearing: 16th December, 1992. JUDGMENT The petitioner was employed against reserved quota of Ex-Servicemen in the Railway as a Ticket Collector. However, he was denied the benefit of war service rendedered by him forcing him to file a suit before Civil Court. This suit was decreed and it was directed that the petitioner should be accorded due seniority keeping in view the war - service. Consequently, the petitioner's seniority was revised and he was promoted as Special Ticket Examiner. The arrears of pay were given to him under the orders of the Court of Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation and Authority under the Payment of Wages Act, Sargodha, dated 10-12-1974. However, his claim for grant of travelling allowance was turned down. 2. The petitioner then approached Junior Labour Court, Gujrat, for redress of his grievance by moving an application under section 25-A of Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969. This application was dismissed both on merits as well as on point of limitation on 30-4-1975. The learned Junior Labour Court held that the petitioner was entitled to be paid ordinary daily allowance but he was not entitled to the grant of travelling allowance in terms of para.210-R-1 of Establishment Code Volume I inasmuch as he had actually never travelled during the relevant period. 3. The appeal filed by the petitioner failed before the Punjab Labour Court…

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