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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)S. 25AWest Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968), S.O. 12Termination of serviceEmployer Mills had suffered lossesIn process of closing down the Mills, employer terminated services of employees in batches under S.O. 12 of West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968Grievance of employees was that since service of more than 50 % workers were being terminated, prior permission of Labour Court was essentialValidityHeld, in closing down process workers could be laid off in batches without permission to close down and Labour Court's permission might be the last step in process of closing down the factory, it was, therefore, not necessary that permission should have been obtained by employer before termination of services of employees, but process could be started by termination in batchesNo proceedings of any industrial dispute being pending at time of termination of services of employees, employer could legally terminate services of employees in process of closing down Mills. 1975 SCMR 49 ref. Hadi Bukhsh Bhatti for Appellants. Date of hearing: 6th August, 1996. DECISION These two connected appeals arise from the order of the Second Sindh Labour Court, Karachi whereby the grievance petitions of the appellants under section 25A of the I.R.O. were dismissed as being without substance. 2. The facts in brief are that the appellants were permanent workers in the Silk Mills of the respondent at S.I.T.E., Karachi. The mills were suffering losses and in the process of closing down the respondents were terminating the services of workmen in batches under…

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