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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)--- ----S. 25-A---Delay in filing grievance petition ---Condonation---Employees who filed their grievance petitions late by seventeen days from prescribed period of limitation, had contended that such delay in filing grievance petition was due to disturbance and tension in the city and apprehension of clash between various sects and political groups---In fact at no period condition in the city was so bad as to prevent employees or their Advocates from attending Labour Court to file grievance petition---Movements of citizens in these days had not been stopped nor there was any curfew and Courts also were not closed---Apprehension of employees being vague and it having failed to explain each day's delay in filing grievance petition/their grievance petitions were rightly dismissed by Labour Court being barred by time. DECISION These are 23 separate appeals against the orders on grievance applications under section ?S.-A of the I.R.O. passed by the learned Labour Court No.3. Karachi dismissing the applications as being time-barred. The services of the appellants were terminated by an order dated 27-11-1994. This termination order was passed after getting permission under section 1 I-A of the Ordinance from Third Sindh Labour Court, Karachi to close down the Seven tip Beverages Unit situated at SITE, Karachi. The appellants challenged the order of termination but the respondents company in reply dated 9-3-1995 failed to redress their grievances. The appellants then preferred grievance petitions before…

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