(1) The representative of employees or an employee desiring a change in respect of an industrial matter specified in Schedule II or any other ?natter arising out of such change, may make an application in writing to an employer. A copy of the application shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Labour and the Labour Officer of theii ndustry for the local area concerned.
(2) Where an application has been made by an employee or representative of employees under sub-rule (1), the employer and the employee may arrive at an agreement within fifteen days of the receipt of the application by the employer or within such further period as maybe mutually , fixed by the employer and the employee or the representatives of the employees concerned, as the case may be.
35. Where the employer and the representative union agree to constitute a joint committee in an undertaking, they shall jointly forward their consent in writing to the Commissioner of Labour.
36. Within fifteen days of forwarding the consent referred to in rule 35, a joint committee consisting of the members of whom five shall be nominated by the employer and five nominated by the representative union, shall be appointed by the employer concerned.
37. Where there is no representative union and the State Government is of the opinion that the constitution of a joint committee will be conducive to the betterment of industrial relations between the employer and the employees, the State Government may direct the employer to constitute a joint conunittee within thirty days of the communication of the direction.
38. The employer who has been directed under rule 37 to constitute a joint committee, shall constitute such a committee consisting often persons, of whom five nominated by him and five shall be employees of that undertaking:
Provided that where there is more than one registered union, the employees' representatives • in the joint committee shall be in proportion to their membership in an undertaking as may be determined by the Registrar.
39. In the event of a member of the joint committee ceasing to be employed in the undertaking or retiring or ceasing in any other way to be a member of such committee the vacancy shall be filled by nomination by the representative union or the registered union, as the case may be, in case the vacancy is caused from among the members representing employees. In the case the vadancy is caused frOm amongst the members nominated by the employer, it shall be filled by.
other nominee to be nominated by the employer.