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Service Tribunals Act (LXX of 1973)--S. 2-A---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art.212(3)---Delay in filing appeal before Service Tribunal---Application for condonation of delay not decided by Service Tribunal---Effect---Petitions of the employees under S.25-A, Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 were dismissed by Labour Court after insertion of S.2-A of Service Tribunals Act, 1973---Appeals before Service Tribunal were filed with delay---Application for condonation of delay was not considered by Service Tribunal while dismissing said appeals---Validity---Order of Service Tribunal was set aside by Supreme Court and cases were remanded for decision on the applications for condonation of delay. Syed Aftab Ahmad v. K.E.S.C. 1999 SCMR 197 and Muhammad Afzal v. K.E.S.C. 1999 SCMR 92 ref. Khalid Khan, Advocate Supreme Court for Appellants. Rai M. Nawaz Kharal, Advocate Supreme Court for Respondents. Date of hearing: 20th December, 1999. ORDER The services of the appellants in abovementioned appeals were terminated on 2-10-1996. They approached the Labour Court under section 25-A of I.R.O. on 30-11-1996. It is not disputed that on 10th June, 1997 when section 2-A was inserted in Service Tribunal Act, 1973 their cases were pending before the Labour Court. According to appellants the Labour Court dismissed the petitions on 8-5-1998 with the direction to the appellants to approach the Service Tribunal. Learned counsel for the respondents contended that the appellants after dismissal of their cases by Labour Court instead of approaching the Federal Service Tribunal, filed review petitions…

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