Rule 56. Making payment of wages from the security deposit amount under sub-section (4) of Section 55

If the contractor or principal employer does not pay the wages to the contract labour employed by him, the Chief Inspector-cum-facilitator or the competent officer as may be notified by the State Government shall conduct or cause to conduct, an inquiry and after giving an opportunity to be heard to both the principal employer and the contractor and shall pass an order to make payment if any, of such wages, from the amount deposited by the contractor as security deposit. The contractor shall re-furnish the security deposit within a period of fifteen days, or else his license will be liable to be suspended. In case of contractor fails to make payment of wages within the prescribed period or makes short payment, then the principal employer shall be liable to make payment of wages in full or the unpaid balance due, as the case may be, to the contract labour employed by the contractor and recover the amount so paid from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor.