(1) Any dispute between an employer and an employee or employees in relation to –
(a) the issue by the employer of raw materials to the employees;
(b) the rejection by the employer of beedi or cigar or both made by an employee; or
(c) the payment of wages for the beedi or cigar or both rejected by the employer may be referred in writing by the employer or the employee or employees to the Labour Superintendent and the Labour Officers of the area concerned who shall after making such enquiry as he may consider necessary and after giving the parties an opportunity to represent their respective cases decide the dispute and record the proceedings in Form X.
(2) Any party to the dispute aggrieved by the decision thereon under sub-rule (1) may prefer an appeal within a period of thirty days from the date of the decision to the Chief Inspecting Officer, whose decision thereon shall be final:
Provided that the Chief Inspecting Officer may admit an appeal after the said period if the appellant satisfies such authority that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within that period.