(1) The appellate authority for the purposes of sub-section (2) of Section 31 shall be all the Regional Assistant Labour Commissioners, all Regional Deputy Labour Commissioners, and Regional Additional Labour Commissioner, Kanpur.
(2) An employee who is discharged, dismissed or retrenched may prefer an appeal under sub-section (2) of Section 31, to the appellate authority specified under sub-rule (1) within a period of thirty days from the date of communication of the order of such discharge, dismissal or retrenchment:
Provided that an appeal may be admitted after the said period of thirty days if the appeallate satisfies the appellate authority that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the said period.
(3) The notice to be given by the appellate authority under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 31 shall
(a) in thc case of a notice to an employer be in Form VIII, and
(6) in the case ofa notice to an employer be in Form IX and every such notice shall be sent to the party concerned by registered post acknowledgment due].
CHAPTER V MISCELLANEOUS 4[27. Dispute relating to issue of raw-material by the employer.
(1) Any dispute between an employer and an employee or employees in relation to
(a) the issue by the employer of raw material to the employce ;
(b) the rejection by the employer of beedi or cigar or both made by an employee; or
4. Subs. by Noti. pub. in 1978 LLT-V-374.
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(c) the payment of wages for the becdi or cigar or both rejected by the employer may be rcferred in writing by the employer or employee or employees to the Labour Oficer or Conciliation Officer of the arca, who shall after making such enquiry as he may consider necessary and after giving the parties an opportunity to represent their respective case, decide the dispute and record the proceedings in Form X.
(2) Any party to the dispute aggricved by the decision thercon under suab-rule (1) may prefer an appeal within a period of thirty days from the date of the decision to the Regional Assistant Labour Commissioner, the Regional Deputy Labour Commissioner or the Regional Additional Labour Commissioner, Kanpur:
Provided that the Regional Assistant Labour Commissioner, the Regional Deputy Labour Commissioner or the Regional Additional Labour Commis sioner may admit an appeal after the said period if the appellant satisfies Such authority that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the apPpcal within that period.
28. Supervision of distribution of raw materials,No employer shall, if he is required So to do by an Inspector by an order in writing, distribute except under the supervision of the Inspector making the order or the supervision of another Inspector, raw materials to such employee or employees and during such period as may be specified in the order.
29. Limit with regard to the rejection of beedis or cigars.
(1) No employer or contractor shall ordinarily reject as sub-standard or chhat or otherwise more than five per cent of the beedis or cigars or both, received from a worker including a home-worker.
(2) Where any beedi or cigar is rejected as sub-standard or chhat or otherwise on any ground other than the ground of wilful negligence of the workers, the workers shall be paid wages for the beedis or cigar so rejected at one-half of the rate at which wages are payable to them for the beedis or cigars or both which have not been so rejected.
30. Payment of wages toa home-worker,-Where raw materials are supplied to a home-worker at his home the wages due to him shall also be paid at his home:
31.
Provided that an Inspeetor may, if he considers it expedient so to do in the circumstances of any case, specify in respect of any home-workers any other place or places at which wages shall be paid.
Protection against fire.-In every industrial premises the emp loyer shall provide adequate fire-fighting cquipment.
32. Returns.The employer in respect of every industrial premises shall send to the competent authority on or before the 10th day of every month a monthly return in Form XI and furnish to that authority an annual return in Form XII on or before the 30th April of every year.
33. Maintenance of certain registers,) Every employer shal, In respect of the employees employed on the industrial premises, maintain a muster roll in Form XÍII, and entrics therein shall be made at the commen Cement of the worker each day.
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(2) Every employer shall provide free of cost to cach home-worker two books in Form XIV (hereinafter referred to as the home-workers' log-books) and the home-worker shall keep a record of the daily work done by him, the number of beedis and cigars manufactured by him and the wages rcceived by him in the said book and the supply of books shall be so arranged that one bok remains with the home-workers at all times during the period between the successive supplies of raw materials by the cmployer.
(3) Every employer shall maintain a home-workers employment register in Form XV contaíning the names and particulars of all the home-workers employed under him and the entries in the register shall be made and keep up-to-date on the basis of the entries in the home-workers' log books.
(4) Every employer shall maintain a visitor's book in which an Inspector visiting the industrial premises may record his remarks regarding any defects that may come to his notice at the time of his inspection and the employer shall produce such book whenever required so to do by the Inspector.
(5) Every employer shall maintain a register of overtime work in Form ~VI.
(6) An abstract of the Act, and the rules made thereunder shall be displayed in some conspicuous part of every industrial premises.
(7) Every register referred to in these rules shall be preserved for a period of three years from the date of the last entry noted therein and shall be readily available for inspection during working hours of the industrial premises,
34. Record of outside work.,The record to be maintained by the employer of the work permitted under sub-section (1) of Section 29 to be carried on outside the industrial premises shall be in form XVII.