Where the Conciliation Officer receives any information about an existing or apprehended industrial dispute which does not relate to public utility service and he considers it necessary to intervene in the dispute, he shall give formal intimation in writing to the parties concerned declaring his intention to commence conciliation proceedings with effect from such date as may be specified therein.
11. The Conciliation Officer may hold a meeting of the representatives of both parties jointly or of each party separately.
12. The Conciliation Officer shall conduct the proceedings expeditiously and in such manner as he may deem fit.
13. The party representing workmen involved in an industrial dispute in a public utility service shall forward a statement of its demands along with a copy of the notice prescribed under rule 73 to the Conciliation Officer of the area and the Labour Commissioner, Bihar. The statement shall be accompanied by as many spare copies thereof as there are opposite parties.
(2) The party representing workmen involved in a dispute in a non-pubic utility service. shall forward a statement of its demands to the Conciliation Officer of the area and the Labour Commissioner, Bihar, before such a date as may be specified by him for commencing conciliation proceedings. The statement shall be accompanied by as many spare copies thereof as there are opposite parties.
(3) The demand submitted by the party representing workmen under sub-rule (1) or sub-rule
(2) shall be transmitted to the State Government by the Conciliation Officer of the area with his report under sub-section (4) of Section 12.
(4) When an employer or a party representing workmen applies to the State 5 Government for reference of an industrial dispute to a Labour Court or Tribunal, such application shall be accompanied by a statement of the demands with as many spare copies thereof as there are opposite parties
(5) The statement referred to in sub-rules (1), (2) and (4) and other copies thereof shall be duly signed on behalf of the party, by the person making it.