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Industrial disputeRemoval from serviceReinstatementBack benefits, entitlement to­Employee who was removed from service without assigning any reason, was ordered to be reinstated by Court giving him back benefits for a specified periodEmployee had nowhere during various stages of dispute stated that he was joblessEmployee had conceded during crossexamination that he had been working in a firm Employee, to circumstances, was not entitled to back benefits at all. Muhammad Bashir v. Punjab Labour Appellate Tribunal and another. 1991 SCMR 2087 and 1993 PLC 105 ref. Mehboob Rizvi, Representative for Appellant. Muhammad Saleem for Respondent. Date of hearing: 7th November, 1993. DECISION This appeal calls to question the order of the Labour Court reinstating the petitioner in service and giving him back benefits for a specified period wherein he had remained unemployed The circumstances in which this appeal has arisen are as follows: It was alleged that the petitioner was working as an over lock Machine Operator with the respondent for 4 years and in spite of his devoted performance was not being paid properly. When once again on 2111989 the respondents were requested to give a square deal he was removed from employment, and without assigning any reason therefore. He had therefore sent a grievance notice which was returned to him, and later filed the petition before the Labour Court. 2. The respondents in their reply statement maintained that the petitioner, to reproduce their own words "absconded" from his job after taking. the monthly salary on the 2nd of November. It was denied that the grievance notice had been received by them and in that view of the matter the petition was not competent. It went on to say that the number of employees was only 14. That was an additional ground for the petition being thrown out 3. The petitioner apart from himself examined one Ahmed Ali and Imran Ahmed a supervisor working with the respondents appeared on their behalf. 4. The Labour Court found all the material issues in favour of the petitioner and allowed the petition as referred to earlier resulting in this appeal. 5. There is a variation in the number of employees at different…

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