Rule 48. Application of permission from the State Government to continue the lay-off under sub-section (3) of section 78

The employer shall in case of an industrial establishment being a mine specified in sub-section (3) of section 78 where the workers (other than Badli workers or casual workers) have been laid-off under sub-section (1) of section 78 for reasons of fire, flood or excess of inflammable gas or explosion, within a period of thirty days from the date of commencement of such lay-off, make an application to the State Government in Form – XXIII electronically and by registered or speed post with a copy to the concerned authority of concerned area as notified by State Government for permission to continue the lay-off specifying the number of days; intimating the number of workers to be laid off, the total number of workers employed in the industrial establishment, the date of layoff and the reasons for continuation of such lay off.