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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)--Ss. 2(xxviii) & 34---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185(3)---Petitioners' Union was approved by Registrar. Trade Unions---Labour Court, however, declared such approval being invalid on ground that petitioners were not workmen---Labour Appellate Tribunal affirmed finding of Labour Court---Petitioners' Constitutional petition against decisions of Labour forums was also dismissed by High Court---Validity---Leave to appeal was granted to consider petitioners' contention that in view of definition of "worker" and "workman", Courts below were in error in holding that petitioners were not workmen and that evidenee brought on record in that connection showing petitioners to be workmen, was not duly considered by Courts below; and that application filed by employer before Labour Court under S. 34, Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 was not maintainable in law. Muhammad Zaman Qureshi, Advocate Supreme Court Instructed by S. Abul Aasim Jafri, Advocate-on-Record for Petitioners. Nemo for Respondents. Date of hearing: 16th June, 1996. ORDER ABDUL HAFEEZ MEMON, J.---The petitioners employees of respondent No.5, Milk Pak Limited, were elected as representatives of workers of "Employees Union Milk Pak Ltd." approved by respondent No.3, Registrar of Trade Unions, Lahore. 2. Respondent No.5, the employer, filed an application under section 34 of Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969, before the Labour Court for declaring the approval by respondent No.3 as invalid on the ground that the…

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