PLC 1979

1979 PLP 69 (PLC)

NAZAR MUHAMMAD Versus MANAGING DIRECTOR, MULTAN ELECTRIC SUPPLY Co. LTD.

Jurisdiction / Court
National Industrial Relations Commission
Decided Date
.Case No. 18(7) of 1978, decided on 12th June 1978.
Honorable Judges
N/A
Case Reference Summary (AEO Optimized)
Citation 1979 PLP 69 (PLC)
Forum / Court National Industrial Relations Commission
Bench Members N/A
Parties NAZAR MUHAMMAD Versus MANAGING DIRECTOR, MULTAN ELECTRIC SUPPLY Co. LTD.
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Representation

  • Aqa Asaf Jaffery for Petitioner.
  • Abdul Rashid, Assistant Labour Officer (Legal) with Abdul Khaliq Khan for Respondent.

Headnotes / Summary

(a) West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordi nance (VI of 1968)‑ ‑ S. O. 15(4)‑Misconduct‑‑Domestic enquiryPower of dismissal or expulsion operating to disadvantage of person arraigned at enquiryPrinciples of natural justice to be observed in such enquiry- Enquiry Officer named as an accused person in counter case regis tered in respect of same incident and presumed to be biased against employee proceeded against‑Enquiry report drawn on basis of enquiry vitiated by bias and, therefore, nullity in eyes of lawHeld, proceedings based on such enquiry report including order of termi nation of service rendered nugatory. In re : General Manager, Heavy Mechanical Complex, Taxila 1977 P L C 532 ; Zafarul Ahsan v. The Republic of Pakistan P L D 1960 S C 113 ; Mehr Din v. The Settlement and Rehabilitation Commissioner, Lahore P L D 1974 S C 193 ; S. Viqar Ahmad Burni, Accounts Assistant, Multan v. Managing Director, Multan Electric Supply Co. Ltd., Multan Case No. 22(1) of 1977 and M. U. A. Khan v. Rana M. Sultan and other P L D 1974 S C 228 ref. (b) Interpretation of statutes‑ ‑‑‑ Repeal‑Not to be readily inferred by implicationRepeal by implication can take place only in case of impossibility of reconcilia tion between two statutes. (c) Pakistan Essentials Services (Maintenance) Act (LIII of 1952)‑‑ ‑ Ss. 6 & 7‑A‑Provisions of Act do not come into clash with provi sions of Economic Reforms Order (1 of 1972). Date of bearing : 30th July 1978.

Judgment & Decree

‑ S. O. 15(4)‑Misconduct‑‑Domestic enquiryPower of dismissal or expulsion operating to disadvantage of person arraigned at enquiryPrinciples of natural justice to be observed in such enquiry- Enquiry Officer named as an accused person in counter case regis tered in respect of same incident and presumed to be biased against employee proceeded against‑Enquiry report drawn on basis of enquiry vitiated by bias and, therefore, nullity in eyes of lawHeld, proceedings based on such enquiry report including order of termi nation of service rendered nugatory. In re : General Manager, Heavy Mechanical Complex, Taxila 1977 P L C 532 ; Zafarul Ahsan v. The Republic of Pakistan P L D 1960 S C 113 ; Mehr Din v. The Settlement and Rehabilitation Commissioner, Lahore P L D 1974 S C 193 ; S. Viqar Ahmad Burni, Accounts Assistant, Multan v. Managing Director, Multan Electric Supply Co. Ltd., Multan Case No. 22(1) of 1977 and M. U. A. Khan v. Rana M. Sultan and other P L D 1974 S C 228 ref. (b) Interpretation of statutes‑ ‑‑‑ Repeal‑Not to be readily inferred by implicationRepeal by implication can take place only in case of impossibility of reconcilia tion between two statutes. (c) Pakistan Essentials Services (Maintenance) Act (LIII of 1952)‑‑ ‑ Ss. 6 & 7‑A‑Provisions of Act do not come into clash with provi sions of Economic Reforms Order (1 of 1972). Aqa Asaf Jaffery for Petitioner. Abdul Rashid, Assistant Labour Officer (Legal) with Abdul Khaliq Khan for Respondent. Date of bearing : 30th July 1978.