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(a) West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968)--- ----S.O. 1---Classification of workmen---Employees whose services were terminated, claimed to be permanent workmen whereas employer contended that they were temporary ones and were never employed as permanent---Apart from oral evidence led on behalf of employer which had indicated that appointment of employees was purely temporary, letter of appointment of each of them, had further supported contention of employer that employees were employed to do work of temporary nature, not likely to last f6r more than nine months---No substantial evidence had been brought on record by any of employees to indicate that work for which they were engaged was of permanent nature---Mere fact that employees after their termination were re­employed within two or three days, could not necessarily lead to an inference that their employment was of permanent character. Muhammad Yaqoob v. The Punjab Labour Court No. 1 1990 SCMR 1539; Pakistan International Airlines v. Sindh Labour Court No. 5 PLD 1980 SC 323 and Ghulam Ahmed v. Sindh Labour Appellate Tribunal 1990 PLC (C.S.) 385 ref. (b) West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968)--- ----Preamble & S.O.12(3)---Termination of service---Services of employees were terminated by employer simply stating in letter that their services were no longer required by company, without giving any reason for such termination--­No doubt employer was not obliged to state reasons for decision taken by him, but same would not absolve employer from his obligation to explicitly state reasons for action taken by him---Standing Orders Ordinance, 1968 being a beneficial legislation, intended to protect interests of workmen and to produce harmonious relationship between employer and workmen it should be liberally construed to give maximum benefits within framework of law---Workmen whose services had been terminated, had a right to know reasons on account of which such action had been taken by employer, but reasons must be such as could be sustained by Court of law---Letter terminating services of employees in…

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