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MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH FAROOQI vs Mst — 2022 PLC 132 NATIONAL-INDUSTRIAL-RELATIONS-COMMISSION

Case information

Citation
2022 PLC 132 NATIONAL-INDUSTRIAL-RELATIONS-COMMISSION
Year
2022
Reporter
PLC
Parties
MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH FAROOQI vs Mst
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 33---I; S. 2

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH FAROOQI VS Mst. MEHWISH HUSSAIN S.33---Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance (VI of 1968), S. 2(i) & S.O. 12---Individual grievances---Scope---"Workman"---Termination of employment---Scope---Petitioner a producer and later on promoted as Multimedia Broadcast Journalist, was terminated without any notice or reason---Contention of establishment was that job description of the petitioner showed that he was not performing any manual or clerical work and that, in fact, he was required to apply his mind and make decision on subjects based on rational approach---Validity---Burden of proof was on the petitioner to prove that he was performing job which was manual or clerical in nature and that he had no powers of hire and fire---Petitioner had not explained the nature of job but had merely stated that he was a "workman"---Job description of petitioner was manifest of the fact that he was required to perform imaginative, creative nature of work where mind was applied---Petitioner did not fall within the ambit of "workman" as defined in Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968---Petition being not maintainable was returned for presentation before appropriate forum. Head Notes

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