Obligation : To maintain an inspection book where Inspectors can record their observations
Type:Registers and Records
Frequency: Half Yearly
Action to be taken:
Maintain a bound inspection book which is available on demand to an Inspector or any Officer of the ESI Corporation authorised to exercise the powers of an inspector. The Inspector will send the employer a note of all irregularities and illegalities along with the action, if any, proposed to be taken, and remedial orders. The note and the orders are to be entered into the Inspection Book. The Inspection Book should be maintained for a period of 5 years from the date of the last entry in it
Audit Requirement: Is an Inspection Book maintained for Inspectors to note their observations ?
Related Sections:
Employee State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950 Chapter:Miscellaneous|102-A:Inspection book:
(i) Every principal employer shall maintain a bound inspection book and shall be responsible for its production, on demand by an Inspector or any other Officer of the Corporation duly authorised to exercise the powers of an Inspector irrespective of the fact whether the principal employer is present in the factory or establishment or not during the inspection. (ii) A note of all irregularities and illegalities discovered at the time of inspection indicating therein the action, if any, proposed to be taken against the principal employer together with the orders for their remedy or removal passed by an Inspector or any other officer of the Corporation duly authorised to exercise the powers of an Inspector, shall be sent to the Principal employer who shall enter the note and orders in the inspection book.
(iii) Every principal employer shall preserve the inspection book maintained under this regulation, after it is filled for a period of 5 years from the date of the last entry therein.
Employee State Insurance (General) Regulations, 1950 
