Law:

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(a) Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act (LVIII of 1973)------S. 13(4)---Industrial. Relations Ordinance (XCI of 2002), S.62---Object and jurisdiction of Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1973---Scope---Implementation of Seventh Wage Board, Award---Petition for---Claim of the petitioners was that they were newspaper employees employed with the respondent-establishment in various capacities and were entitled to payment of wages in accordance with the decision of Seventh Wage Board Award which came into effect from 1-7-2002-7-Grievance of petitioners was that despite coming into force of the Seventh Wage Board Award, respondent/newspaper establishment refused to implement the Seventh Wage Board Award and prayed for the necessary direction and action against respondent in accordance with law---Validity---Object of Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1973 was to constitute a Wage Board for fixing wage rates for journalists as well as non-journalists newspaper employees, provided for effective implementation of the decision of the Wage Board and provided application of Industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002 and West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Order) Ordinance, 1968---Implementation Tribunal was obliged under law to issue a direction to implement and recover the arrears of wages as determined by Wage Board Award itself and determination of dues under S.62(2) of Industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002, was not a condition precedent before directing the recovery as arrears of land revenue---Direction as contemplated by S.13(4) of Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1973, was not derogatory to any action which might be initiated by the Tribunal exercising powers suo motu under S.13(6) of said Act---Objection of respondent-newspaper establishment that as several newspaper establishments had challenged the vires of Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1973 and relevant Wage Board Award in constitutional petition/I.C.A., before the High Court the proceedings before the Tribunal be kept in abeyance, was not tenable in law---Pendency of a constitutional petition or I.C.A. arising…

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