Notices · Industrial Relations Code
Permission for closure in larger establishments
- Closure or sale: at least 90 days before
- Employer
What to do
Apply in Form XIV to the Central Government for prior permission to close, stating the reasons, and send a copy at the same time to the representatives of the workers rule 35 s. 80(1).
Who it applies to
Factories, mines and plantations in which not less than three hundred workers, or a higher number the appropriate Government notifies, were employed on average per working day in the preceding twelve months s. 77(1), (3).
In the checklist: Permission for lay-off, retrenchment and closure.
When
At least ninety days before the date on which the closure is to take effect rule 35.
How
If the Government does not communicate its decision within sixty days of the application, permission is deemed granted s. 80(3).
Forms
- Form XIV of the IR (Central) Rules · official PDF, p. 87
Forms lose their layout when extracted; use the official PDF to fill them in.