(1) Every application for redressal of a grievance or resolution of a dispute under sub-section (2) of section 20 of the Act sbaU be in Form "A".
(2) The application shall be signed by the applicant and presented by him in person or through bis authorised representative to the Superintendent of the Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee or such other person as may be authorized by the Committee in this behalf.
(3) The application shall be filed in three sets and shall be accompanied by a fee of rupees one hundred only.
(4) The application shaJ1 be accompanied by a copy of the order or notice, if any, against which the application is made and other relevant documents.
8. Manner of verification of application and enquiry. (!) Every application for grievance redressal, on receipt, shall be entered and number in seriatum by the Superintendent or the person authorized in this behalf by the Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee in a register to be kept for this purpose.
(2) The Superintendent or the person authorized in this behalf by the Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee, as the case may be, after making an entry in the Register shall put up the application before the Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Comminee.
(3) The Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee shall fix a date for hearing of tbe application and shall- issue notice of bearing to the parties or shall cause a notice to be issued.
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(4) The Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee while issuing a notice under sub-rule (3) shall call upon the respondent to submit a written statement and the notice shall contain a statement to this effect.
(S) On the date so fixed for the appearance of the parties, the Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee may call upon the applicant to remedy the defects, if any, or may call upon the parties to-furnish relevant records or such other documents or evidence as it may deem fit and proper within such period as may be specified by it.
(6) The Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee may also order for a field enquiry in connection with the contentions made by the applicant(s) and respondent(s) and also with reference to the records submitted before it.
(7) The Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee, after hearing the parties and examining the record of the case shall decide the application aJld pass such order as it may deem fit and proper within ninety days of the presentation of the application.
(8) The Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee may also explore the possibility of a settlement between the parties and in case the parties arrive at a settlement, the Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee shall record the settlement, which shall be signed by the parties or the authorised representatives/ officers and shall dispose of the application in terms of such settlement.
(9) The Grievance Redressal and Dispute Resolution Committee shall not entertain an application where-
(a) the application is anonymous or it contains general and vague allegations;
(b) the matter is sub-judice in any Court of law, Tribunal or a judicial or quasi-judicial authority.
(c) the matter is beyond the purview of the Act.
(d) tbe applicant has no /ocus-srandi to file the application.
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