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THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (CENTRAL) RULES

1957

Related Legislation: - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

DEFINITIONS


2(a) Act ''Act'' means the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947);
2(b) Chairman "Chairman" means the chairman of a Board or Court or, if the Court consists of one person only, such person;
2(c) Committee ''committee'' means a Works Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act;
2(d) Form ''form'' means a form in the Schedule to these rules;
2(e) Section ''section'' means a section of the Act;
2(f) Appropriate Authority in relation to an industrial dispute in a Union territory, for which the appropriate Government is the Central Government, reference to the Central Government or the Government of India shall be construed as a reference to the Administrator of the territory, and reference to the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central) shall be construed as reference to the appropriate authority, appointed in that behalf by the Administrator of the territory;
2(g) Employer with reference to clause (g) of section 2, it is hereby prescribed that-
(i) in relation to an industry, not being an industry referred to in sub-clause
(ii), carried on by or under the authority of a Department of the Central or a State Government, the officer in charge of the industrial establishment shall be the 'employer' in respect of that establishment; and
(iii) in relation to an industry concerning railways, carried on by it under the authority of a Department of the Central Government,-
(a) in the case of establishments of a Zonal Railway, the General Manager of that Railway shall be the 'employer' in respect of regular railway servants other than casual labour;
(b) in the case of an establishment independent of a Zonal Railway, the officer in charge of the establishment shall be the 'employer' in respect of regular railway servants other than casual labour; and
(c) the District Officer in charge or the Divisional Personnel Officer or the Personnel Officer shall be the 'employer' in respect of casual labour employed on a Zonal Railway or any other railway establishment independent of a Zonal Railway.