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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)--- ----Ss. 25-A & 38(3)---Grievance petition ---Limitation---Condonation of delay---Equity aids vigilant and not the indolent---Petition badly time-barred--­Neither any reasonable request for condonation made explaining each day's delay nor reasons for filing petition after expiry of mandatory limitation period proved---Labour Court, in circumstances, held, rightly dismissed petition as time-barred. S.M. Kohistani for Appellant. Date of hearing: 14th December, 1987. DECISION This is an appeal filed by the appellant against an impugned order, dated 25-8-1987, passed by the Sindh Labour Court No. IV at Karachi, who had dismissed the grievance petition under section 25-A, I.R.O., 1969. 2. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant claimed to be a permanent workman in the respondent establishment and on 1-4-1987, his services were wrongly terminated, therefore, he sent his grievance notice on 5-4-1987 and till the date of filing his grievance petition under section 25-A, I.R.O., 1969, before the learned Court, he did not receive reply to the said notice. 3. The respondent establishment resisted the petition mainly on the legal objection that as the appellant had filed belated grievance petition, therefore, it be dismissed as time-barred. 4. After hearing…

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