(1) Upon receipt of a reference under rule 9, the Conciliation Officer shall hold hearings with the two parties as necessary, 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 along with 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 (9), he shall return the papers received from the Tribunal along with 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.