(1) Upon receipt of a reference under rule 10, the Conciliation Officer shall hold meetings with both the parties at a place convenient to the applicant or both the parties, and shall try to work out a settlement acceptable to both the parties, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of the reference.
(2) If the Conciliation Officer succeeds in working out a settlement acceptable to both the parties, he shall draw up a memorandum of settlement in Form ‘F’, get it signed by both parties, and forward it, with a report in Form ‘G’, alongwith all records of the case received from the Tribunal, back to the tribunal within a month from the receipt of the reference.
(3) If the Conciliation Officer is unable to arrive at a settlement within one month of receipt of a reference under rule (10), he shall return the papers received from the Tribunal alongwith a report in Form ‘H’, showing efforts made to bring about a settlement and the points of difference between the two parties which could not be reconciled. The Tribunal shall proceed with the case in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
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