KHALID MEHMOOD vs SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINE LIMITED S — 2025 PLC 168 NATIONAL-INDUSTRIAL-RELATIONS-COMMISSION

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KHALID MEHMOOD VS SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINE LIMITED S. 33---Grievance petition---Termination, Reinstatement---Two inquiry reports, contradiction in---Effect---Plea of the Respondents / SNGPL was that the grievance petitioner was Senior Associate Engineer having a managerial job---Validity---It was admitted from the record that initially the petitioner was appointed as Electrician on 06-12-1994, thereafter his post was re-designated as Sub-Engineer and then he was promoted as Senior Associate Engineer---Record revealed that the petitioner was an active member of Employees Union SNGPL, and his (exhibited ) salary slips showed that union dues were deducted from his salary---Record revealed that no documentary evidence had been produced by the respondents regarding nature of duties of the petitioner---Respondents had failed to produce any suitable material which showed that the petitioner had power of managerial post---Record also revealed that two inquiry reports were submitted (having been exhibited / marked ) by the respondents against the petitioner---First inquiry report dated 16-07-2014 was submitted by the petitioner which was produced by the respondents on 12-04-2016 before the Commission---Second inquiry report dated 14-07-2015 was submitted by the respondents in the statement of the only witness they produced---Cross-examination conducted on said witness revealed that, he admitted that the inquiry report had been submitted in the Commission, and in reply to most of the questions put to him he said "I don't know"---It was admitted from the record that the charge sheet was issued on 16-07-2014 and petitioner was dismissed from service on 26-08-2018---After lapse of 3/4 years from the date of vacation of stay order dated 20-08-2015, the respondents had dismissed the petitioner from service vide order 26-06-2018---It was established from the record that the respondents had submitted two fake and ambiguous inquiry reports before the Commission and tempered and changed the record which showed mala fide on their part---It was also admitted from the record that the inquiry officer had not appeared before the Commission---Respondents remained unsuccessful in proving that petitioner was not a workman---Commission set-aside the impugned dismissal vide letter dated 26-08-2018 issued against the petitioner being illegal and without justification and directed the respondents to reinstate the petitioner in service from the date of his alleged dismissal from service vide letter dated 26-08-2018 with all back benefits---Grievance petition was allowed accordingly.

KHALID MEHMOOD vs SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINE LIMITED S — 2025 PLC 168 NATIONAL-INDUSTRIAL-RELATIONS-COMMISSION

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