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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)--- ----Ss. 25-A, 36 & 38(3-a)---Practice and procedure ---Costs, award of--­Should always be reasonable---Grievance petition dismissed in default and restoration application not yet decided---Labour Court burdening respondent with costs of Rs.1,000 for failure to produce record summoned by it---Calling of record at that stage, held, absolutely was unnecessary and otherwise costs of Rs.1,000 are excessive---Order of Labour Court set aside by Appellate Tribunal in revision. Ch. Altaf Hussain for Petitioner. Maqbool Anees for Respondent. Date of hearing: 11th October, 1986. JUDGMENT This is a revision reporting that the order dated 4-8-1986 recorded by the learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No. 9, Multan, whereby the petitioner was burdened with costs of Rs.1,000 is wrong and improper. The reason for which the petitioner was burdened with costs is that the record was summoned which was not produced on the plea that it was with the learned counsel for the petitioner who had left for Islamabad. 2. The grievance…

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