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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)--- ----S. 25-A---Employee in his grievance application had claimed that his pay had wrongly been fixed in Pay Scale No. 8 as he was entitled to Pay Scale No.10---Main ground for claiming Pay Scale No. 10 was that person drawing lesser pay than him was placed in Pay Scale No. 10---Evidence on record had fully established that employee was in Pay Scale No. 9 and his pay had been fixed accordingly and he was not in Pay Scale No. 8 as alleged by him--­Applicant/ employee could not produce any evidence to show that he was entitled to move over to Pay Scale No. 10---Mere fact that person drawing lesser pay than him was in Pay Scale No. 10, would not entitle employee to get higher scale of pay---Prayer of employee that he should be awarded Pay Scale No. 10, had rightly been rejected by Court. Manzar Alam for Appellant. S. Abdul Rehman for Respondents. Date of hearing: 28th September, 1991. DECISION This is an appeal against the order dated 2-4-1991 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Sindh Labour Court No. VII at Sukkur , whereby the grievance application of the appellant was rejected. 2. I have heard Mr. Manzar Alain for the appellant and Mr. S. Abdur Rehman for the respondent and I have also gone through the- record and proceedings of the case. . 3. In the grievance petition, the appellant had prayed that his pay had wrongly been fixed in Pay Scale No. 8 but he was entitled to Pay Scale No. 10. His main ground for claiming B.P. Scale No. 10 is that person drawing lesser pay than him namely Muhammad Yousuf was placed in Pay Scale No. 10. The pay scales were revised on 13th May, 1977 and then subsequently on 11th July, 1981. On perusal of these two revised pay scales, it would appear, that pay of the employees in pay scales Nos. 8, 9 and 10 is overlapping. Therefore, the mere fact that the person drawing lesser pay was in B.P.S. 10 would not entitle the appellant to get the higher scale of pay. 4. On representation of the appellant for being given Scale No. 10 he was replied by respondents vide their letter dated 10-7-1989 wherein it is stated that his pay was fixed in Scale No. 8 as he was drawing…

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