Where it is necessary to appoint a Commissioner under sub-section (3) of section 33-C of the Act, the Labour Court may appoint a person with experience in the particular industry, trade or business involved in the industrial dispute or a person with experience as a Judge of a Civil Court, or a stipendiary Magistrate or as a Registrar or Secretary of a Labour Court or Tribunal constituted under any Act Applicable in the State or of a Labour Court or Tribunal constituted under any Act applicable in this State.
69. Fees for the Commissioner, etc.
(1) The Labour Court shall, after consultation with the parties, estimate the probable duration of the enquiry, and fix the amount of the Commissioner's fees and other inci- dental ~ 16 ~ expenses and direct the payment thereof, into the nearest treasury, within a specified time, by such party or parties and in such proportion as it may consider fit. The Commission shall not issue until satisfactory evidence of the deposit into the treasury of the sum fixed is filed before the Labour Court:
Provided that the Labour Court may from time to time, direct that any further sum or sums be deposited into the Treasury within such time and by such parties as it may consider fit:
Provided further that the Labour Court may, in its discretion, extend the time for depositing the sum into the Treasury
(2) The Labour Court may, at any time for reasons to be recorded in writing, vary the amount of the Commissioners' fees in consultation with parties.
(3) The Labour Court may direct that the fees shall be disbursed to the Commissioner in such instalments and on such dates as it may consider fit.
(4) The undisbursed balance, if any, of the sum deposited shall be refunded to the party or parties who deposited the sum in the same proportion as that in which it was deposited.