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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)-- ---Ss.25-A, 36 & 38(3)---Termination of service---Grievance petition---Production of documents---Petitions against termination of services on plea of reorganisation due to decreased income---Petitioners applying through miscellaneous application for production of certain documents---No suggestion that such documents were either not relevant or did not exist with respondent employer--­Labour Court without assigning any reason disallowing application---Order of Labour Court, held, was arbitrary---Orders set-aside by Appellate Tribunal and case remanded to Labour Court for decision afresh on application and grievance petitions. JUDGMENT The four appeals captioned above emerge from the orders dated 9-5-1987 recorded by learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No.3, Lahore at Ferozewala whereby the grievance petitions of the appellants for-their reinstatement in service were dismissed. 2. The facts of the case are that the services of the appellants were terminated by the respondent on the plea of reorganisation on the ground that income had decreased due to load-shedding. The appellants had applied in their respective cases on 12-11-1985 for the production of certain documents detailed in the misc. petitions. The learned lower Court vide its order dated 5-12-1985 allowed the balance sheets only mentioned in para No.14 of the said petition and without giving any reason disallowed the remaining documents mentioned in paragraphs Nos. 1 to 13. Since no reason was given, the order is arbitrary. The learned lower Court has not said that the remaining documents were not relevant to the case. It appears that at least documents mentioned in paragraphs Nos 1 to 5,…

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